[AE] Facepunch 2
185.179.203.164:28015 checked 7m 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 5h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 28 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 5hThu 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 12d 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
Quick answers
Player Count
Where does [AE] Facepunch 2 sit in the rankings?
In the top 4% of all ranked servers, [AE] Facepunch 2 is #881 on player hours for the last seven days.
How many players are on [AE] Facepunch 2?
The current player count for [AE] Facepunch 2 is 16, out of 350 slots. The seven-day average player count stands at 15, and the highest point was 45. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 18:00 UTC, averaging 34 players.
Tags & Lists
What is the meaning of the tags on [AE] Facepunch 2?
For [AE] Facepunch 2, the game's server browser reads the following tags: 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): Slot count is 350; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs167781 (Build): Running build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code missing; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month on the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is enabled for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, set by the owner or a plugin. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
[AE] Facepunch 2 operator: who is it?
124 other servers we track also publish a playrust.com hostname, as does [AE] Facepunch 2, so the same operator most likely runs them.
[AE] Facepunch 2 in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include [AE] Facepunch 2 are: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers and Vanilla-tagged Rust servers. 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.
Server Overview
[AE] Facepunch 2 Rust version: which one?
On Windows, [AE] Facepunch 2 runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is the performance on [AE] Facepunch 2 smooth?
Over 48 hours, it averaged 123 server fps; the lowest was 92. It held up to 143,033 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. Memory use peaked at 5,630 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and entity count climbs.
[AE] Facepunch 2 uptime and reliability: what are they?
At the moment, [AE] Facepunch 2 is up. The uptime it reports shows a restart roughly 25 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
What is the location of [AE] Facepunch 2?
No region is published by [AE] Facepunch 2. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 185.179.203.164:28015.
Settings & Map
[AE] Facepunch 2 map: which one is it?
Generated by the game, the map on [AE] Facepunch 2 is procedural, size 4,500, seed 1120603257. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed produce an identical map.
What are the settings and rules for [AE] Facepunch 2?
No gather rate appears in the name of [AE] Facepunch 2. The default cap of 8 players per group is in force. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Found under Official in the in-game server list. Self-described as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Information
On what schedule does [AE] Facepunch 2 wipe?
Once a month [AE] Facepunch 2 wipes, with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Its world dates from 12 days 19 hours. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one month.
What happens on wipe day on [AE] Facepunch 2?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 28 players. 27 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
Join Server
What is the process to join [AE] Facepunch 2?
Enter client.connect 185.179.203.164:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs167781,sc2,ts8
On BestRustServers.xyz
- 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 Standard survival gameplay.
mp350- Max players Slot count is 350.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs167781- Build Running build 167781.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly This server wipes once a month on the force wipe.
Difficulty
^v- Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped.
Gameplay
^t- Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is enabled for new players.
Other
sc2- Custom tag A non-standard tag, 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.