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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,284habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Facepunch 3

Online 79.137.98.11:28015 checked 6m ago

official monthly wipes vanilla

Measurements

Players now
3/ 400
= 1 player
1% full
7-day average
6
peak 19
Rank
#1,284
top 6%
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 14h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0510152005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 6% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence

27
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 14h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 14h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 27, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:41 UTC FW27d ago 27 – running 5

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 [EU] Facepunch 3 rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch 3 at #1,284, within the top 6% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Facepunch 3?

Of its 400 slots, [EU] Facepunch 3 is using 3 right now. We counted an average of 6 players in the past week, with 19 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 19:00 UTC, when an average of 13 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch 3 mean?

These are the tags [EU] Facepunch 3 publishes, as 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): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp400 (Max players): 400 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here; sc3 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags. 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 [EU] Facepunch 3?

124 other servers we track publish the same playrust.com hostname as [EU] Facepunch 3, so the same operator most likely runs the group.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch 3?

On Rust Population, [EU] Facepunch 3 is filed under these lists: Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in Europe, Official Rust servers, counted and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; 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; Boxes: Official only.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch 3?

Averaged over recent wipes, 27 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch 3?

[EU] Facepunch 3 wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 27 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does [EU] Facepunch 3 run?

[EU] Facepunch 3 uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 1909391378. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch 3?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [EU] Facepunch 3 states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it in the Official tab in game. The server describes itself as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch 3 run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [EU] Facepunch 3 uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does [EU] Facepunch 3 run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 233 server fps, with a low of 222. Up to 129,460 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,771 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is [EU] Facepunch 3 online, and how reliable is it?

[EU] Facepunch 3 is up and running at the moment. About 15 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Facepunch 3 located?

No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch 3, but the name points to Europe. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 79.137.98.11:28015.

Getting in

How do I join [EU] Facepunch 3?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 79.137.98.11:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,sc3,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 Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp400
Max players 400 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here.

Other

sc3
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags.

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.