[US East] Facepunch Premium 2
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Abstract
We describe the public Rust server [US East] Facepunch Premium 2, reached at 40.160.19.218:28015. At the last check it held 13 of 400 places, against a seven-day mean of 21 and a peak of 551. It ranks #652 of all servers, the top 3%. It last wiped 27d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.
Keywordsofficial monthly wipes vanilla premium
1Summary statistics

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.
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).
4Rank
The server stands in the top 3% 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.
5Wipes
5.1Schedule: force wipes only
The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 23h. The force wipe (high confidence).
| Measure | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Wipe-day peak | 396 | players, last three wipes |
| When (UTC) | In | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 | 7d 23h | force wipefw |
| Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 | 35d 23h | force wipefw |
5.2History
| Wiped (UTC) | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:42fw27d ago | 396+40 | – | running | 3 |
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
| Address | 40.160.19.218:28015 |
|---|---|
| Region | – |
| Max players | 400 |
| Group limit | 8, the default |
| Wipe schedule | monthly |
| Last wipe | 1 Oct 2026, 17:42 UTC |
| Hostname | us__east__premium__2.playrust.com |
| First seen | 13 Sep 2026 |
| Map | Procedural Map |
| Size | 4500 |
| Seed | 2071425264 |
7Operator
125 servers publish a playrust.com hostname; the busiest are listed.
| Server | Status | Players |
|---|---|---|
| [EU] Facepunch 1 | online | 222/400 |
| [EU East] Facepunch 4 | online | 152/350 |
| [EU] Facepunch Premium 1 | online | 147/350 |
| [EU East] Facepunch 5 | online | 139/350 |
| [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 | online | 65/400 |
| [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 | online | 65/400 |
| [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 | online | 61/400 |
| [EU East] Facepunch 7 | online | 58/300 |
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], servers with the tutorial tag [3], Rust official tag servers [4], vanilla rust servers [5] and Rust wipe forecast [6].
| Server | Players |
|---|---|
| Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 135 on average | 90/200 |
| Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 114 on average | 74/200 |
| RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 64 on average | 30/225 |
| PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 39 on average | 16/200 |
| Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 35 on average | 17/150 |
| Rustoria.co - US Long PremiumNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 32 on average | 22/200 |
Appendix AQuick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
A.1Does [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 perform well?
Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 196 server fps, with a low of 151. Its entity count reached a maximum of 192,241, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. The peak memory usage was 7,307 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.
A.2In which location is [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 based?
Its name points to North America, though [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 publishes no region tag. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 40.160.19.218:28015.
A.3What is the online status and reliability of [US East] Facepunch Premium 2?
At the present moment, [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 is online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 4 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 100%, with 168 of 168 hours online. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.
A.4What version of Rust is run on [US East] Facepunch Premium 2?
The version of Rust on [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, and the operating system is Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
Wipe timing
A.5On what cycle does [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 wipe?
Once a month, [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 wipes in line with the 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 current world has been running for 27 days 1 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.
A.6What happens on [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 when wipe day arrives?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 396 players. On the latest wipe the peak population came 3 hours after the wipe, with a queue of 40 additional players.
Population
A.7What position does [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours ranking puts [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 at #652, within the top 3% of ranked servers.
A.8At what level does [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 operate in terms of players?
At this moment 13 players are on [US East] Facepunch Premium 2, which has 400 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 21 players; the same period peaks at 55. Averaging 36 players, 01:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.
Tags and filters
A.9Who is responsible for running [US East] Facepunch Premium 2?
124 other servers we track share the playrust.com hostname published by [US East] Facepunch Premium 2; the same operator most likely runs them.
A.10How should the tags on [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 be interpreted?
Tags from [US East] Facepunch Premium 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): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp400 (Max players): It offers 400 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe cycle applies, timed to coincide with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; sc2 (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or a plugin. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.
A.11Where can [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?
These Rust Statistics lists include [US East] Facepunch Premium 2: Rust servers with the tutorial tag, Official Rust servers, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Tutorial on ^t and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Settings and map
A.12Which settings and rules are in force on [US East] Facepunch Premium 2?
The name of [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 states no gather rate. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. The mode is survival, which means the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. Official, in the game's own tab, includes this server. It describes itself as vanilla, which is to say this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. Rust's premium status is required to join. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
A.13What is the map for [US East] Facepunch Premium 2?
Generated by the game from seed 2071425264, the procedural map on [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 measures 4,500. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
A.14What is the process for joining [US East] Facepunch Premium 2?
Enter client.connect 40.160.19.218:28015 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. Rust's premium status is required to join.
Appendix BServer tags
What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,^q,sc2,ts8.
| Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| On Rust Statistics | |
| 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. |
| Game | |
gmrust | Game mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays. |
mp400 | Max players. It offers 400 slots. |
ts8 | Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default. |
v2635 | Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect. |
cs168909 | Build. Build 168909 is the one running. |
ptrak | Networking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game. |
$r? | Region code. A region code has not been set. |
| Wipe schedule | |
^m | Monthly. A monthly wipe cycle applies, timed to coincide with Facepunch's force wipe. |
| Difficulty | |
^v | Vanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. |
| Gameplay | |
^t | Tutorial on. Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server. |
| Mods and access | |
^q | Premium. Rust's premium status is required to join. |
| Other | |
sc2 | Custom 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
References
- [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
- [2]Rust Statistics. US and NA server list. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
- [3]Rust Statistics. Servers with the tutorial tag. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
- [4]Rust Statistics. Rust official tag servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
- [5]Rust Statistics. Vanilla rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
- [6]Rust Statistics. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.