Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 9/ 350 3% full
- Change · 24h
- ▼−4 −32.9% from 13
- 7-day average
- 15 peak 45
- Rank
- #888 top 4%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #955 ▲67 places up
- Last wipe
- 13d ago monthly schedule
- Next wipe
- 21d 21h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 2,409 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 4500 Procedural Map · seed 1120603257
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 ae2.playrust.com
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC. Busiest hour of the two days: 29 players.
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 only- wipe-day peak
- 28 players, 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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 398 on average | 325/375 | ▲+64+24.6% | |
| 2 | Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 337 on average | 271/300 | ▲+19+7.6% | |
| 3 | Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 329 on average | 351/375 | ▲+28+8.8% | |
| 4 | Rustoria.co - EU LongEU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 319 on average | 267/300 | ▲+33+14.1% | |
| 5 | Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 271 on average | 272/400 | ▲+65+31.5% | |
| 6 | Magic Rust — Long | Kлaccикa x1 | PyccкийEU · groups of 150+ · 1x · monthly · 256 on average | 185/300 | ▼−7−3.5% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
What settings and rules are in place on [AE] Facepunch 2?
No gather rate is given in the name of [AE] Facepunch 2. Groups can contain a maximum of 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. Rust's in-game Official tab includes this server. Its self-description is vanilla: facepunch's build, untouched: no rate changes, no kits, no rule changes. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
What is the current map on [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 uses a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1120603257, generated by the game. The map is reproducible from its size and seed; RustMaps shows it from this page.
Player Count
What position does [AE] Facepunch 2 hold in the server rankings?
In the top 4% of all ranked servers, [AE] Facepunch 2 is #888 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players does [AE] Facepunch 2 have?
On [AE] Facepunch 2, 9 players are in now, out of 350 slots. The seven-day average is 15 players, with a peak of 45. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 18:00 UTC, averaging 26 players.
Wipe Schedule
What can you expect on wipe day for [AE] Facepunch 2?
An average of 28 players marked the busiest point of its recent wipes. 27 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does [AE] Facepunch 2 schedule its wipes?
A single monthly wipe is what [AE] Facepunch 2 runs: the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. This world has been running for 13 days 4 hours. The tags state monthly wipes.
Server Info
Where can [AE] Facepunch 2 be found?
No region is published by [AE] Facepunch 2. Where a server says it is, Rust Analytics shows; where the machine stands, it does not look up. 185.179.203.164:28015 is its address.
Is [AE] Facepunch 2 performing well?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours is 123; the floor was 92. 143,033 entities is the maximum carried: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,838 MB of memory was used. Low fps and growing entities are the source of felt lag.
What Rust version is [AE] Facepunch 2 running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what [AE] Facepunch 2 runs. Joining requires the same protocol on your game, which Steam updates.
Is [AE] Facepunch 2 up, and how consistent is its uptime?
Online at this moment: [AE] Facepunch 2. Its own uptime figure dates the last restart to roughly 33 hours ago. 7 full days have passed with 100% uptime, 168 of 168 hours. The earliest Rust Analytics saw it was 13 September 2026.
Tags & Filters
How should you interpret the tags on [AE] Facepunch 2?
These tags are published by [AE] Facepunch 2 and 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): Rust's standard survival mode; mp350 (Max players): It holds 350 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At the game default, teams hold up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game needs protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Runs on RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: one wipe a month; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's build, untouched: no rate changes, no kits, no rule changes; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is open to newcomers on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): This tag is custom, applied by the owner or a plugin rather than by Rust itself. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
Who operates [AE] Facepunch 2?
A playrust.com hostname is published by [AE] Facepunch 2 and by 124 other servers we track, which indicates one operator.
On Rust Analytics, which lists and filters feature [AE] Facepunch 2?
These Rust Analytics lists include [AE] Facepunch 2: Rust tutorial servers, by population, Official Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Joining the Server
What steps do I take to join [AE] Facepunch 2?
Type client.connect 185.179.203.164:28015 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs167781,sc2,ts8
On Rust Analytics
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.