[AE] Facepunch 2
185.179.203.164:28015 checked 14m ago
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
Top 4% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 28 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 0hThu 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:42 UTCFW 13d 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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Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 is holding 20 of its 350 slots at the moment. For the last seven days the mean was 15 players; the highest count was 45. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 19:00 UTC, when the average was 28 players.
How does [AE] Facepunch 2 rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, [AE] Facepunch 2 ranks #886 worldwide and sits in the top 4% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What does wipe day look like on [AE] Facepunch 2?
Its recent wipes drew an average busiest crowd of 28 players. The crowd reaches its peak 27 hours after the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on [AE] Facepunch 2?
Once a month, at the force wipe, [AE] Facepunch 2 wipes. Its next wipe is due on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that wipes every Rust server. 13 days 1 hours is how long the present world has lasted. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Server
Is [AE] Facepunch 2 online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for [AE] Facepunch 2: online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 30 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Performance of [AE] Facepunch 2: does it run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 123 server fps and a low of 92. The highest entity count was 143,033, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The peak memory usage was 5,838 MB. Low fps together with an increasing entity count is what players call lag.
Which version of Rust does [AE] Facepunch 2 run?
The Rust version for [AE] Facepunch 2 is network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Windows. Your game must match the protocol to connect, and Steam keeps it updated.
Where is [AE] Facepunch 2 located?
There is no region published for [AE] Facepunch 2. When Is Wipe does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 185.179.203.164:28015 is its address.
Lists and tags
Who runs [AE] Facepunch 2?
Both [AE] Facepunch 2 and 124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname, so they are most likely run by the same operator.
Which When Is Wipe lists include [AE] Facepunch 2? And filters?
Official Rust servers, Rust tutorial servers and Vanilla Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that [AE] Facepunch 2 fits. It appears 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.
What do the server tags on [AE] Facepunch 2 mean?
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 server runs standard Rust survival; mp350 (Max players): The server holds 350 players; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size applies: 8 maximum; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version; cs167781 (Build): This server runs build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No rate changes, kits or extra rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is available for new players on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): Not a Rust standard tag: it comes from the owner or a plugin are the tags [AE] Facepunch 2 publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does [AE] Facepunch 2 enforce? And settings?
The name of [AE] Facepunch 2 does not state a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the default. standard survival: gathering, building, raiding That is the game mode: survival. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server is in the Official tab in-game. Vanilla is in the name: no rate changes, kits or extra rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does [AE] Facepunch 2 run?
The map on [AE] Facepunch 2 is procedural, size 4,500, seed 1120603257, created by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
How do I join [AE] Facepunch 2?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 185.179.203.164:28015 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs167781,sc2,ts8
On When Is Wipe
- 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 This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp350- Max players The server holds 350 players.
ts8- Group limit Default team size applies: 8 maximum.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version.
cs167781- Build This server runs build 167781.
ptrak- Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe.
Difficulty
^v- Vanilla No rate changes, kits or extra rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it.
Gameplay
^t- Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is available for new players on this server.
Other
sc2- Custom tag Not a Rust standard tag: it comes from 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.