Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 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 22d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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 FW12d 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.
Similar servers
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What are the rules and settings on [AE] Facepunch 2?
A gather rate is not given in the name of [AE] Facepunch 2. Groups can reach 8 players, the default for the game. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raiding and player combat are enabled. The in-game Official tab of Rust lists it. It uses the term vanilla for itself: unmodified from Facepunch: the same rates, kits and rules. VAC from Valve is active as anti-cheat.
What is the map for [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 uses a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1120603257, generated by the game. The same size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Player stats
What is the player count on [AE] Facepunch 2?
On [AE] Facepunch 2, 21 of 350 slots are filled right now. The seven-day average is 15 players, with a peak of 45. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 18:00 UTC, when the average was 34 players.
What position does [AE] Facepunch 2 hold in the Rust server rankings?
Over the last seven days, [AE] Facepunch 2 ranks #871 for player hours, placing it in the top 4% of all ranked servers.
Lists and tags
How should you interpret the tags on [AE] Facepunch 2?
The game's server browser reads these tags from [AE] Facepunch 2: 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): Standard survival gameplay; mp350 (Max players): The slot count is 350; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same protocol version, 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for the game; $r? (Region code): There is no region code; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe marks its monthly wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Unmodified from Facepunch: the same rates, kits and rules; ^t (Tutorial on): This server allows new players to start with the Facepunch tutorial; sc2 (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or a plugin. Also in the tags, and shown at the top of this page: its players now, its queue, and when its world was made.
Who manages [AE] Facepunch 2?
The playrust.com hostname published by [AE] Facepunch 2 is also used by 124 other servers we track, suggesting the same operator runs them.
Where does [AE] Facepunch 2 appear in When Is Rust Force Wipe lists and filters?
On When Is Rust Force Wipe, [AE] Facepunch 2 is placed in these lists: Official Rust servers, Rust tutorial servers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. Its filters on the server list are 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.
Server details
Where can [AE] Facepunch 2 be found?
Region: not published by [AE] Facepunch 2. What you see on When Is Rust Force Wipe is the server's own location claim; the machine's real spot is not looked up. You can reach it at 185.179.203.164:28015.
How smooth is the performance on [AE] Facepunch 2?
Over the last 48 hours the average was 126 server fps, and the lowest was 92. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to a peak of 143,033 entities. At its peak it used 5,725 MB of memory. When fps is low and entities climb, players feel it as lag.
How reliable is [AE] Facepunch 2, and is it currently online?
[AE] Facepunch 2 is currently up. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 7 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw it up 168 of 168 hours, 100% of the time. It was first seen by When Is Rust Force Wipe on 13 September 2026.
Which Rust version is used on [AE] Facepunch 2?
The version on [AE] Facepunch 2 is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
When does [AE] Facepunch 2 wipe?
Once a month, [AE] Facepunch 2 wipes with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; that is its next wipe. The world in play now was built 12 days 1 hours ago. Its tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
What can you expect on [AE] Facepunch 2 when wipe day arrives?
The recent wipes of this server drew an average peak of 28 players. The peak of the crowd on the latest wipe came 27 hours after the wipe.
Join info
What is the process to join [AE] Facepunch 2?
Use the console: press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 185.179.203.164:28015. Another option is Launch Rust on this page, which launches Rust via Steam and connects you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs167781,sc2,ts8
On When Is Rust Force Wipe
Game
gmrust
mp350
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Gameplay
^t
Other
sc2
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.