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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [EU] Facepunch 9, reached at 79.137.98.10:28020. At the last check it held 19 of 350 places, against a seven-day mean of 18 and a peak of 431. It ranks #692 of all servers, the top 3%. It last wiped 28d 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 now19/3505% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean18peak 43, 48 h peak 35
Rank2#692top 3%
Last wipe28d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 0hThu 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
01020304019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00
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
010020030040019:0004:0013:0022:0007:0016:00
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 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.

RankRank in region
12505007501k20 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 0h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak71players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 0hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 0hforce 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 71, 47 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 17:41fw28d ago 71 – 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 [EU] Facepunch 9
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 1928463649. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address79.137.98.10:28020
Region–
Max players350
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 17:41 UTC
Hostnameneweu9.playrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed1928463649

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 1online193/400
[EU East] Facepunch 4online146/350
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1online129/350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1online103/400
[EU East] Facepunch 5online87/350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2online74/400
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3online70/400
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1online55/400

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are live europe server counts [2], tutorial server list [3], Facepunch official servers [4], unmodded rust server list [5] and Rust wipe forecast [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 · 317 on average459/500
Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 212 on average250/275
Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 125 on average87/125
Magic Rust — Long | Kлaccикa x1 | PyccкийEU · groups of 150+ · 1x · monthly · 119 on average175/300
Rusty Moose |EU Small|EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 62 on average128/200
MANHUNT | ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ | КЛАССИКА | 22.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 44 on average77/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Does [EU] Facepunch 9 perform well?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 194, with a minimum of 95. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 162,019 entities. The peak memory usage was 6,930 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is [EU] Facepunch 9 based?

Its name points to Europe, though [EU] Facepunch 9 publishes no region tag. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 79.137.98.10:28020 is its address.

A.3What is the reliability of [EU] Facepunch 9, and is it online?

[EU] Facepunch 9 is currently online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 4 hours ago. The server was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What is the Rust version for [EU] Facepunch 9?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that [EU] Facepunch 9 runs, on Windows. 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 9 wipe?

Once a month, [EU] Facepunch 9 wipes in line with the 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. 28 days have passed since the current world was generated. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6How would you describe wipe day on [EU] Facepunch 9?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 71 players. The crowd reached its maximum 47 hours after the latest wipe.

Population

A.7What is the rank of [EU] Facepunch 9 among Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, [EU] Facepunch 9 holds #692, in the top 3% of all ranked servers.

A.8At what level does [EU] Facepunch 9 operate in terms of players?

The current population of [EU] Facepunch 9 is 19, drawn from 350 slots. The peak over seven days is 43, against an average of 18. Averaging 31 players, 20:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags and filters

A.9Who is responsible for running [EU] Facepunch 9?

A playrust.com hostname is published by [EU] Facepunch 9; 124 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10What is the meaning of the tags on [EU] Facepunch 9?

The game's server browser reads 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; mp350 (Max players): The slot count is 350; 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): 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): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^v (Vanilla): Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin, which [EU] Facepunch 9 publishes as its tags. 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 [EU] Facepunch 9 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust servers with the tutorial tag, European Rust servers, Official Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers are the Rust Statistics lists that [EU] Facepunch 9 fits. These filters on the server list return it: 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; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Rules, settings, map

A.12What are the settings and rules that govern [EU] Facepunch 9?

No gather rate appears in the name of [EU] Facepunch 9. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as survival, the game mode is the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The in-game Official tab lists it. By its own label, vanilla, rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13What map is in use on [EU] Facepunch 9?

Size 4,500 and seed 1928463649 define the procedural, game-generated map on [EU] Facepunch 9. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

How to join

A.14What is the process for joining [EU] Facepunch 9?

Enter client.connect 79.137.98.10:28020 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. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp350Max players. The slot count is 350.
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. Build 168909 is the one running.
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. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships.
Gameplay
^tTutorial on. Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server.
Other
sc2Custom tag. This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by 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. Live europe server counts. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Tutorial server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Facepunch official 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. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.