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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [EU] Facepunch 8, reached at 79.137.98.10:28015. At the last check it held 6 of 350 places, against a seven-day mean of 9 and a peak of 231. It ranks #980 of all servers, the top 4%. 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

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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 now6/3502% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean9peak 23, 48 h peak 23
Rank2#980top 4%
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 10hThu 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
01020304009:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00
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
010020030040009:0018:0003:0012:0022:0007:00
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 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 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 7d 10h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak63players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 10hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 10hforce wipefw
020406080+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 63, 2 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 17:42fw27d ago 63 – running 7

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 [EU] Facepunch 8
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 1376277816. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address79.137.98.10:28015
Region–
Max players350
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 17:42 UTC
Hostnameneweu8.playrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed1376277816

7Operator

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

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, playrust.com.
ServerStatusPlayers
[EA] Softcore 1online73/350
[EU] Facepunch 1online60/400
[EU East] Facepunch 4online55/350
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1online48/350
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1online38/400
[EU East] Facepunch 5online35/350
[EA] Facepunch 2online31/300
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1online26/400

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are eu rust server list [2], tutorial island servers [3], official Rust server list [4], 1x rust servers [5] and servers wiping soon [6].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average255/250
Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 216 on average140/200
Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 128 on average51/100
Magic Rust — Long | Kлaccикa x1 | PyccкийEU · groups of 150+ · 1x · monthly · 124 on average90/300
Rusty Moose |EU Small|EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 58 on average40/200
Rustafied.com - EU Long - Small IIEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 42 on average12/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of [EU] Facepunch 8 smooth?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 219 server fps, with a low of 200. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 136,980 entities. Its highest memory usage was 6,093 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2What is the location of [EU] Facepunch 8?

No region tag is published by [EU] Facepunch 8, but its name points to Europe. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 79.137.98.10:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of [EU] Facepunch 8?

[EU] Facepunch 8 is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 19 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were served, an availability of 99%. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on [EU] Facepunch 8?

[EU] Facepunch 8 is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Windows operating system. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does [EU] Facepunch 8 wipe?

The only wipe for [EU] Facepunch 8 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 world currently in use was created 27 days 14 hours ago. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6What happens on [EU] Facepunch 8 when wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 63 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 2 hours after it began.

Population

A.7How does [EU] Facepunch 8 compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts [EU] Facepunch 8 at #980, within the top 4% of ranked servers.

A.8At what level does [EU] Facepunch 8 operate in terms of players?

The current population of [EU] Facepunch 8 is 6, drawn from 350 slots. Over the last week the count averages 9 players and reaches 23 at its height. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 17:00 UTC, with an average of 19 players.

Tags, lists

A.9Who operates [EU] Facepunch 8?

124 other servers we track share the playrust.com hostname published by [EU] Facepunch 8; the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10What is the meaning of the tags on [EU] Facepunch 8?

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; mp350 (Max players): The slot count is 350; 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): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; ^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: these are the tags [EU] Facepunch 8 publishes, and the server browser reads them. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.11Where can [EU] Facepunch 8 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include [EU] Facepunch 8: Rust servers with the tutorial tag, European Rust servers, Official Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: Europe; 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.

Rules, settings, map

A.12Which settings and rules are in force on [EU] Facepunch 8?

The name of [EU] Facepunch 8 states no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. The mode is survival, which means gather, build and raid: the standard game. Players may raid and fight one another. Official, in the game's own tab, includes this server. By its own label, vanilla, this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13On which map does [EU] Facepunch 8 take place?

The game generates [EU] Facepunch 8's procedural map at size 4,500, from seed 1376277816. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

How to join

A.14What is the process for joining [EU] Facepunch 8?

Enter client.connect 79.137.98.10:28015 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 mp350,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. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp350Max players. The slot count is 350.
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. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered.
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. Eu rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Tutorial island servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Official Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. 1x rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.