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[FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]

Online NA 209.205.225.77:28016 checked 8m ago

5x monthly wipes moddedoxidepve
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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 64 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 6
Rank#3,434top 15% · #566 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123407:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020007:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 30% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 12h. The force wipe · high confidence

11.5 days
usual gap
between real wipes
8
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 12hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 13 OctThu 1 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 18 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 13 Oct, 06:33 UTC15d ago 7 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 18:20 UTC FW27d ago 8 held half 11.5 days 2

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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]?

A facewan.com hostname is published by [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]. We track no other server using it.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]: The 5x scene, live, Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live, Rust creative servers, watched, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Creative ^c, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 5x.

What do the server tags on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] mean?

For the server browser, [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp64 (Max players): Slots: 64; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^c (Creative): Build what you like in this sandbox, with no gathering; ^k (Build server): Design and practise your bases; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] sits at #3,434, inside the top 15% of ranked servers and at #566 in North America.

How many players are on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] right now?

0 players are on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] at the moment, out of 64 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 6. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 01:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Server facts

Is [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] online, and how reliable is it?

[FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 18 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 77, and it never went below 65. The world carried as many as 230,071 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 5,444 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] located?

With its NA tag, [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] lists itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 209.205.225.77:28016.

Which Rust version is [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] on?

On Linux, [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 8 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 18 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 100% of the time.

What is the wipe schedule on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]?

Wipes on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] come once a month, alongside the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. Its current world has been live for 27 days 12 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Rules and settings

Which map does [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] run?

Generated by the game with seed 10241, the map on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] is procedural and 6,000 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]?

The name says it: [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East] gathers at 5x. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. building in a sandbox, with no gathering: that is the build & creative mode. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join [FaceWAN]{5x Gather}{TP}{Home}{Remove}{PvE}[US East]?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 209.205.225.77:28016. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://facewan.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp64,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,^m,^c,^k,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp64
Max players Slots: 64.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.
^c
Creative Build what you like in this sandbox, with no gathering.
^k
Build server Design and practise your bases.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

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.