A1354/ 450 players
Official#888
[AE] Facepunch 2
Online 185.179.203.164:28015 checked 13m ago
players now15of 350 slots
7-day average15peak 45
rank#888top 4%
last wipe · restocked13d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock21d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 4% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
28wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 28, 27 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:42 UTC FW13d ago | 28 | – | running | 4 |
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. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Can you explain the tags on [AE] Facepunch 2?
The server browser reads these tags that [AE] Facepunch 2 publishes: 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, the standard way; mp350 (Max players): Room for 350; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): This is where new players can take Facepunch's tutorial; sc2 (Custom tag): Not one of Rust's standard tags: set by the owner or a plugin. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Who operates [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 and 124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname, so one operator most likely runs them.
Where does [AE] Facepunch 2 appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature [AE] Facepunch 2 are: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers in stock and Vanilla Rust servers, in stock. It shows under these filters on the server list: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Rules & map
What map is in play on [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1120603257, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What rules does [AE] Facepunch 2 enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name [AE] Facepunch 2. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. You play survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. It is in the Official tab of Rust's in-game browser. The server says it is vanilla: untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server details
What location is [AE] Facepunch 2 in?
No region is published by [AE] Facepunch 2. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. The endpoint is 185.179.203.164:28015.
What is the uptime like on [AE] Facepunch 2?
The shelves show [AE] Facepunch 2 in stock and online right now. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 33 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 168 of 168 hours (100%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
What is the performance like on [AE] Facepunch 2?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 123, and the floor was 92. The entity count reached 143,033: that includes buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,838 MB. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
Which Rust build is [AE] Facepunch 2 running?
On Windows, [AE] Facepunch 2 is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Player count
What is [AE] Facepunch 2's rank among Rust servers?
Over the last seven days [AE] Facepunch 2 ranks #888 on player hours, among the top 4% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 is carrying 15 players on 350 slots at the moment. The seven-day average is 15, and the busiest point reached 45. The last 48 hours peaked at 18:00 UTC, when it averaged 26 players.
Wipe info
When does [AE] Facepunch 2 wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe at [AE] Facepunch 2, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe, which is its next wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it has now started 13 days 3 hours ago. Its tags state a wipe each month.
What happens on [AE] Facepunch 2 on wipe day?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 28 players. On the latest wipe, 27 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.
How to join
What is the way to join [AE] Facepunch 2?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 185.179.203.164:28015. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs167781,sc2,ts8
On Rust Vending Machine
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 Rust survival, the standard way.
mp350
Max players Room for 350.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build Build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe.
Difficulty
^v
Vanilla Untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it.
Gameplay
^t
Tutorial on This is where new players can take Facepunch's tutorial.
Other
sc2
Custom tag Not one of Rust's standard tags: set 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.