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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,050habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Facepunch Staging Creators

Online 198.244.177.77:28023 checked 9m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ ?
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#6,050
top 27%
Last wipe
34d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 8h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123411:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040011:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 27% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence

35 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 8h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 8h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 28 hours in, with 1 in the queue.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 10:11 UTC37m ago – – running 0
Thu 24 Sep, 10:55 UTC34d ago 2+1 queue – – 0

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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Facepunch Staging Creators rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Facepunch Staging Creators places at #6,050, within the top 27% of ranked servers.

How busy is Facepunch Staging Creators?

You'll find 0 players on Facepunch Staging Creators at the moment. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 3 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 20:00 UTC, when an average of 2 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Facepunch Staging Creators mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Facepunch Staging Creators publishes: 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): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp0 (Max players): You can join up to 0 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs169621 (Build): The game build is 169621; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Who runs Facepunch Staging Creators?

The playrust.com hostname that Facepunch Staging Creators publishes is shared with 124 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Facepunch Staging Creators?

These Rust Population lists include Facepunch Staging Creators: Official Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Boxes: Official only.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Facepunch Staging Creators?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. Peaking 28 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd had 1 more waiting in the queue.

What is the wipe schedule on Facepunch Staging Creators?

Facepunch Staging Creators follows a wipe rhythm of every 5 weeks on Thursday at 10:11 UTC. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 34 days 23 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Facepunch Staging Creators run?

The map on Facepunch Staging Creators is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 73737312. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Facepunch Staging Creators?

Nothing in Facepunch Staging Creators's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. The Official tab in Rust lists it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Facepunch Staging Creators run?

On Windows, Facepunch Staging Creators runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169621. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Facepunch Staging Creators run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 137 server fps, with a low of 56. Entities peaked at 120,000, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,068 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Facepunch Staging Creators online, and how reliable is it?

Facepunch Staging Creators is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 30 minutes ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Facepunch Staging Creators located?

Nothing published by Facepunch Staging Creators states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 198.244.177.77:28023 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Facepunch Staging Creators?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 198.244.177.77:28023; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs169621,ts8

On Rust Population

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 The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp0
Max players You can join up to 0 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs169621
Build The game build is 169621.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.