The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 598Acc. 2026.0598
[EA] Facepunch 2
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 103.194.164.43:28015 checked 10m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 1 Oct17:40 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:40 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 298+73 in the queue
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 44
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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 298, 2 hours in, with 73 in the queue.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 3% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags and filters
Who runs [EA] Facepunch 2?
The same operator most likely runs [EA] Facepunch 2 and 124 other servers we track, as all publish a playrust.com hostname.
What do the server tags on [EA] Facepunch 2 mean?
You can see the tags [EA] Facepunch 2 publishes, read by the game's server browser: 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; mp300 (Max players): 300 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's release, unchanged: rates, kits and rules stand as shipped; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players; sc3 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not a standard Rust one. At the top of this page you also see the current players, the queue and when the world was made, all from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include [EA] Facepunch 2?
The Rust Server History lists that feature [EA] Facepunch 2 are: Rust tutorial servers: the record, Official Rust servers: the record and The vanilla Rust servers on record. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
The record
Does [EA] Facepunch 2 run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 152 server fps; the low was 112. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 179,574 entities. Memory use peaked at 7,005 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and a climbing entity count.
Which version of Rust does [EA] Facepunch 2 run?
The recorded build for [EA] Facepunch 2 is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is [EA] Facepunch 2 online, and how reliable is it?
[EA] Facepunch 2 is listed as online now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 20 hours ago. 167 of 168 hours, or 99% of the time, over the last 7 full days. First seen by Rust Server History on 13 September 2026.
Where is [EA] Facepunch 2 located?
There is no region published by [EA] Facepunch 2. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 103.194.164.43:28015.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on [EA] Facepunch 2?
An average peak of 298 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 2 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked, with a queue of 73 more.
What is the wipe schedule on [EA] Facepunch 2?
Once a month [EA] Facepunch 2 wipes, with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 9 hours ago. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does [EA] Facepunch 2 rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place [EA] Facepunch 2 at #598, among the top 3% of all ranked servers.
How busy is [EA] Facepunch 2?
Of its 300 slots, [EA] Facepunch 2 currently has 11 filled. A seven-day average of 25 players is recorded, with a peak of 51. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 11:00 UTC, averaging 45 players.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on [EA] Facepunch 2?
No gather rate is stated in the name of [EA] Facepunch 2. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are permitted. It appears in Rust's Official tab in game. The server applies the label vanilla: facepunch's release, unchanged: rates, kits and rules stand as shipped. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does [EA] Facepunch 2 run?
Generated by the game at size 4,500 with seed 334048073, the map on [EA] Facepunch 2 is procedural. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
Join record
How do I join [EA] Facepunch 2?
Entering client.connect 103.194.164.43:28015 in the console (F1) connects you to this server. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same: it opens the game via Steam and connects on your behalf.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,sc3,ts8
On Rust Server History
Game
gmrust
mp300
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Gameplay
^t
Other
sc3
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.