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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [US East] Facepunch 3, reached at 40.160.19.17:28015. At the last check it held 4 of 400 places, against a seven-day mean of 12 and a peak of 261. It ranks #830 of all servers, the top 4%. It last wiped 26d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsofficial monthly wipes vanilla

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.
Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now4/4001% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean12peak 26, 48 h peak 20
Rank2#830top 4%
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe38d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
0510152011:0020:0005:0014:0023:0008:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
010020030040011:0020:0005:0014:0023:0008:00
Figure 2: Server performance. 48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 4% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
12505007501k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 8h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak38players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:008d 8hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0036d 8hforce wipefw
010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 38, 34 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40fw26d ago 38 – running 5

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of [US East] Facepunch 3
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 436502457. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address40.160.19.17:28015
Region–
Max players400
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC
Hostnamenew__useast3.playrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed436502457

7Operator

125 servers publish a playrust.com hostname; the busiest are listed.

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, playrust.com.
ServerStatusPlayers
[EU] Facepunch 1online114/400
[EU East] Facepunch 4online112/350
[EA] Softcore 1online76/350
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1online66/350
[EU East] Facepunch 5online54/350
[EU East] Facepunch 7online37/300
[EA] Facepunch 3online36/350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1online34/400

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are US and NA server list [2], tutorial island servers [3], Rust official tag servers [4], unmodded rust server list [5] and servers wiping soon [6].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 136 on average52/200
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 115 on average64/200
RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 65 on average31/225
PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 40 on average19/200
Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 35 on average20/150
Rustoria.co - US Long PremiumNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 33 on average14/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of [US East] Facepunch 3 smooth?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 255 server fps, with a low of 216. Its entity count reached a maximum of 144,425, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 6,616 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2What location does [US East] Facepunch 3 have?

Its name points to North America, though [US East] Facepunch 3 publishes no region tag. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 40.160.19.17:28015.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of [US East] Facepunch 3?

[US East] Facepunch 3 is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 20 hours ago. The server was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on [US East] Facepunch 3?

The version of Rust on [US East] Facepunch 3 is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, and the operating system is Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.5What schedule does [US East] Facepunch 3 follow for wipes?

The only wipe for [US East] Facepunch 3 is the monthly force wipe. This server's next wipe coincides with the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which affects all Rust servers. The world currently in use was created 26 days 16 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.

A.6What happens on [US East] Facepunch 3 when wipe day arrives?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 38 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 34 hours after it began.

Population

A.7What position does [US East] Facepunch 3 occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts [US East] Facepunch 3 at #830, within the top 4% of ranked servers.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on [US East] Facepunch 3?

At this moment 4 players are on [US East] Facepunch 3, which has 400 slots in total. Over the last week the count averages 12 players and reaches 26 at its height. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 00:00 UTC, averaging 18 players.

Tags, lists

A.9Who is responsible for running [US East] Facepunch 3?

124 other servers we track share the playrust.com hostname published by [US East] Facepunch 3; the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10How should the tags on [US East] Facepunch 3 be interpreted?

official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp400 (Max players): It offers 400 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped; ^t (Tutorial on): The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here; sc3 (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or a plugin: these are the tags [US East] Facepunch 3 publishes, and the server browser reads them. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.11Where can [US East] Facepunch 3 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include [US East] Facepunch 3: Rust servers with the tutorial tag, Official Rust servers, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Rules, settings, map

A.12Under what rules and settings does [US East] Facepunch 3 operate?

The name of [US East] Facepunch 3 states no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. Listed as survival, the game mode is gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It appears under Official in the game's server list. The server's own description is vanilla: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13What map is in use on [US East] Facepunch 3?

Generated by the game from seed 436502457, the procedural map on [US East] Facepunch 3 measures 4,500. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

How to join

A.14How do you connect to [US East] Facepunch 3?

Enter client.connect 40.160.19.17:28015 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,sc3,ts8.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
On Rust Statistics
officialRun by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp400Max players. It offers 400 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2635Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped.
Gameplay
^tTutorial on. The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here.
Other
sc3Custom tag. A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or a plugin.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

This is an official server owned and operated by Facepunch. People are free to speak whatever language they like. Don't be surprised if you get banned for being abusive.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. US and NA server list. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Tutorial island servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Rust official tag servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Unmodded rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.