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[US East] Facepunch Premium 4

Online 40.160.19.217:28020 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 6/ 300 slots 2% full −8−58%against this time yesterday
7-day average11peak 26
Rank#913top 4%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0510152003:0012:0021:0006:0015:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040003:0012:0021:0006:0015:0001:00

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
12505007501k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 4% of all ranked servers. 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 16h. The force wipe · high confidence

70
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

020406080+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 70, 8 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:41 UTC FW27d ago 70 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs [US East] Facepunch Premium 4?

A playrust.com hostname is published by [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 and by 124 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [US East] Facepunch Premium 4?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include [US East] Facepunch Premium 4: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers, watched, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; 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; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

What do the server tags on [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 mean?

These are the tags [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 publishes for the 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, standard Rust style; mp300 (Max players): Slots: 300; 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to 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 for new players here; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 at #913, within the top 4% of ranked servers.

How many players are on [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 right now?

6 players are on [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 at the moment, out of 300 slots. Averaging 11 players across seven days, it topped out at 26. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 20:00 UTC, averaging 14 players.

Server details

Is [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 is online. About 13 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. 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 [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 207 server fps, with a low of 168. At its peak it held 149,443 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 5,920 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 located?

Its name points to North America, although [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 publishes no region tag. 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 40.160.19.217:28020.

Which Rust version is [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 70 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 8 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on [US East] Facepunch Premium 4?

Wipes on [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 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 8 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 run?

A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1687268626 is what [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on [US East] Facepunch Premium 4?

The name of [US East] Facepunch Premium 4 says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Look in Rust's in-game Official tab and it is there. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Joining requires Rust's premium status. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join [US East] Facepunch Premium 4?

Enter client.connect 40.160.19.217:28020 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. Joining requires Rust's premium status.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,^q,sc2,ts8

On Rust Pop Watch

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, standard Rust style.
mp300
Max players Slots: 300.
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 The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to 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 for new players here.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Joining requires Rust's premium status.

Other

sc2
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's 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.