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Specimen recordcat. no. 989habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Facepunch Premium 2

Online 79.137.98.146:28015 checked 13m ago

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Measurements

Players now
12/ 350
= 1 player
3% full
7-day average
9
peak 23
Rank
#989
top 4%
Last wipe
25d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
9d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0510152018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

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 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 4% 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 9d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

346
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

9d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
37d 1h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

0100200300400+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 346, 2 hours in, with 99 in the queue.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:43 UTC FW25d ago 346+99 queue – running 8

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 Premium 2 rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 at #989, within the top 4% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Facepunch Premium 2?

The count reads 12 players on [EU] Facepunch Premium 2, which has 350 slots. We counted an average of 9 players in the past week, with 23 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 18:00 UTC, averaging 16 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 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): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp350 (Max players): The server has 350 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^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 is available here for new players to start; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Who runs [EU] Facepunch Premium 2?

The playrust.com hostname that [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 publishes is shared with 124 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Premium 2?

These Rust Population lists include [EU] Facepunch Premium 2: Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in Europe, Official Rust servers, counted and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Tutorial on ^t and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Boxes: Official only.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Premium 2?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 346 players. At the peak of the latest wipe, 2 hours in, 99 more were queued.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Premium 2?

The force wipe is the only wipe [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 takes, 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 25 days 23 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 run?

[EU] Facepunch Premium 2 uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 2122343034. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Premium 2?

Nothing in [EU] Facepunch Premium 2's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Rust's own Official tab carries it. Vanilla is the label it uses: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Rust's premium status is required to join. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 run?

On Windows, [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 run smoothly?

It ran at 216 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 171. Entities peaked at 155,465, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 6,452 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 online, and how reliable is it?

You will find [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 4 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Facepunch Premium 2 located?

No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch Premium 2, but the name points to Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 79.137.98.146:28015.

How to join

How do I join [EU] Facepunch Premium 2?

Either enter client.connect 79.137.98.146:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. Rust's premium status is required to join.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,^q,sc2,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.
mp350
Max players The server has 350 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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 is available here for new players to start.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Rust's premium status is required to join.

Other

sc2
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.