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[US East] Facepunch 2

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [US East] Facepunch 2, reached at 40.160.19.18:28015. At the last check it held 7 of 400 places, against a seven-day mean of 10 and a peak of 241. It ranks #954 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 now7/4002% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean10peak 24, 48 h peak 19
Rank2#954top 4%
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe38d 22hThu 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
0510152021:0006:0015:0000:0009:0018:00
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
010020030040021:0006:0015:0000:0009:0018:00
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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 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 22h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak21players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:008d 22hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0036d 22hforce wipefw
05101520+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 21, 47 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40fw26d ago 21 – 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 2
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 519156865. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address40.160.19.18:28015
Region–
Max players400
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC
Hostnamenew__useast2.playrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed519156865

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 1online281/400
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1online197/350
[EU East] Facepunch 4online188/350
[EU East] Facepunch 5online150/350
[EU East] Facepunch 7online95/300
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1online87/400
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2online78/400
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3online70/400

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North America server population [2], tutorial island servers [3], Facepunch official servers [4], 1x rust servers [5] and upcoming Rust wipes [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 · 137 on average127/200
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 116 on average120/200
RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 67 on average37/225
PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 42 on average27/200
Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 37 on average28/150
Rusty Moose |US Small|NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 35 on average24/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Is the performance of [US East] Facepunch 2 smooth?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 277, with a minimum of 236. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 143,911 entities. Memory use peaked at 6,687 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2In which location is [US East] Facepunch 2 based?

Without a region tag from [US East] Facepunch 2, its name still points to North America. 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 40.160.19.18:28015.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of [US East] Facepunch 2?

[US East] Facepunch 2 is online at this time. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 6 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 100%, with 168 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on [US East] Facepunch 2?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that [US East] Facepunch 2 runs, on Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does [US East] Facepunch 2 wipe?

The only wipe for [US East] Facepunch 2 is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The current world has been running for 26 days 2 hours. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6What happens on [US East] Facepunch 2 when wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 21 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 47 hours after it began.

Player count

A.7How does [US East] Facepunch 2 compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts [US East] Facepunch 2 at #954, within the top 4% of ranked servers.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on [US East] Facepunch 2?

At this moment 7 players are on [US East] Facepunch 2, which has 400 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 10 players; the same period peaks at 24. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 23:00 UTC, averaging 17 players.

Tags and filters

A.9Who operates [US East] Facepunch 2?

The same operator most likely runs [US East] Facepunch 2 and 124 other servers we track, since both publish a playrust.com hostname.

A.10What do the tags associated with [US East] Facepunch 2 signify?

Tags from [US East] Facepunch 2, read by the game's server browser, are 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): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp400 (Max players): The slot count is 400; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; 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): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe cycle applies, timed to coincide with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships; ^t (Tutorial on): The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags. 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 2 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that [US East] Facepunch 2 fits are: Rust servers with the tutorial tag, Official Rust servers, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters on the server list return it: 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; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and map

A.12What are the settings and rules that govern [US East] Facepunch 2?

The name of [US East] Facepunch 2 states no gather rate. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. The mode is survival, which means the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It appears under Official in the game's server list. It describes itself as vanilla, which is to say rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13What is the map for [US East] Facepunch 2?

Size 4,500 and seed 519156865 define the procedural, game-generated map on [US East] Facepunch 2. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

How to join

A.14What steps are required to join [US East] Facepunch 2?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 40.160.19.18:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,sc2,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. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp400Max players. The slot count is 400.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2635Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. A monthly wipe cycle applies, timed to coincide with Facepunch's force wipe.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships.
Gameplay
^tTutorial on. The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here.
Other
sc2Custom tag. The owner or a plugin set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags.

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. North America server population. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Tutorial island servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Facepunch official servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. 1x rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.