[EU] Facepunch 1
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Online · checked 11m ago · 79.137.98.16:28015
Abstract
We describe the public Rust server [EU] Facepunch 1, reached at 79.137.98.16:28015. At the last check it held 55 of 400 places, against a seven-day mean of 161 and a peak of 3811. It ranks #78 of all servers, the top 0.4%. 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
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 0.4% 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.
5Wipes
5.1Schedule: force wipes only
The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 13h. The force wipe (high confidence).
| Measure | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Wipe-day peak | 398 | players, last three wipes |
| When (UTC) | In | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 | 7d 13h | force wipefw |
| Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 | 35d 13h | force wipefw |
5.2History
| Wiped (UTC) | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:45fw27d ago | 398+229 | – | running | 61 |
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 | 79.137.98.16:28015 |
|---|---|
| Region | – |
| Max players | 400 |
| Group limit | 8, the default |
| Wipe schedule | monthly |
| Last wipe | 1 Oct 2026, 17:45 UTC |
| Hostname | neweu1.playrust.com |
| First seen | 13 Sep 2026 |
| Map | Procedural Map |
| Size | 4500 |
| Seed | 1350212567 |
7Operator
125 servers publish a playrust.com hostname; the busiest are listed.
| Server | Status | Players |
|---|---|---|
| [US East] Facepunch Premium 1 | online | 75/400 |
| [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 | online | 48/300 |
| [US East] Facepunch Primitive 1 | online | 37/400 |
| [EA] Softcore 1 | online | 37/350 |
| [US] Facepunch Softcore 1 | online | 36/300 |
| [EU] Facepunch Premium 1 | online | 36/350 |
| [EU East] Facepunch 4 | online | 24/350 |
| [EU East] Facepunch 5 | online | 20/350 |
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], servers with the tutorial tag [3], official Rust servers [4], unmodded rust server list [5] and upcoming Rust wipes [6].
| Server | Players |
|---|---|
| Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average | 125/200 |
| Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 216 on average | 67/200 |
| Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 128 on average | 37/100 |
| Magic Rust — Long | Kлaccикa x1 | PyccкийEU · groups of 150+ · 1x · monthly · 124 on average | 28/300 |
| Rusty Moose |EU Small|EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 61 on average | 26/200 |
| Rustafied.com - EU Long - Small IIEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 42 on average | 15/100 |
Appendix AQuick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
A.1How well does [EU] Facepunch 1 run?
The server fps averaged 111 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 63. Its entity count reached a maximum of 343,886, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Its highest memory usage was 11,992 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.
A.2What is the location of [EU] Facepunch 1?
No region tag is published by [EU] Facepunch 1, but its name points to Europe. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 79.137.98.16:28015.
A.3What is the reliability of [EU] Facepunch 1, and is it online?
[EU] Facepunch 1 is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 15 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 99%, with 167 of 168 hours online. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.
A.4What is the Rust version for [EU] Facepunch 1?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that [EU] Facepunch 1 runs, on Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
Wipe timing
A.5When are wipes carried out on [EU] Facepunch 1?
Once a month, [EU] Facepunch 1 wipes in line with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe occurs, and that is when every Rust server, including this one, next wipes. 27 days 11 hours have passed since the current world was generated. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.
A.6What happens on [EU] Facepunch 1 when wipe day arrives?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 398 players. A peak 23 hours after the latest wipe was accompanied by 229 players waiting in the queue.
Player count
A.7How does [EU] Facepunch 1 compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking puts [EU] Facepunch 1 at #78, within the top 0.4% of ranked servers.
A.8What is the population level of [EU] Facepunch 1?
At this moment 55 players are on [EU] Facepunch 1, which has 400 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 161 players; the same period peaks at 381. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 19:00 UTC, with an average of 294 players.
Tags and filters
A.9By whom is [EU] Facepunch 1 operated?
124 other servers we track share the playrust.com hostname published by [EU] Facepunch 1; the same operator most likely runs them.
A.10How should the tags on [EU] Facepunch 1 be interpreted?
Tags from [EU] Facepunch 1, 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): 400 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for 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): Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or a plugin. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.
A.11Where can [EU] Facepunch 1 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?
The Rust Statistics lists that [EU] Facepunch 1 fits are: 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; Players now: At least 50; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Settings and map
A.12Which settings and rules are in force on [EU] Facepunch 1?
No gather rate appears in the name of [EU] Facepunch 1. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; 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, rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
A.13On which map does [EU] Facepunch 1 take place?
Generated by the game from seed 1350212567, the procedural map on [EU] Facepunch 1 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 [EU] Facepunch 1?
Enter client.connect 79.137.98.16:28015 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,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. Survival on standard Rust rules. |
mp400 | Max players. 400 slots are available. |
ts8 | Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default. |
v2635 | Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635. |
cs168909 | Build. The game build is 168909. |
ptrak | Networking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game. |
$r? | Region code. No region code is set. |
| Wipe schedule | |
^m | Monthly. A monthly wipe cycle applies, timed to coincide with Facepunch's force wipe. |
| Difficulty | |
^v | Vanilla. Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships. |
| Gameplay | |
^t | Tutorial on. Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server. |
| 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. Eu rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
- [3]Rust Statistics. Servers with the tutorial tag. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
- [4]Rust Statistics. Official Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
- [5]Rust Statistics. Unmodded rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
- [6]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.