[EU] Facepunch 9
Online 79.137.98.10:28020 checked 10m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 3% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 12h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 71, 47 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:41 UTC FW28d ago | 71 | – | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Who runs [EU] Facepunch 9?
[EU] Facepunch 9 and 124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname, which points to one operator behind them.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch 9?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include [EU] Facepunch 9: Rust tutorial servers, European Rust servers, live, Official Rust servers, watched and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server 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; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch 9 mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from [EU] Facepunch 9: 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): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp350 (Max players): It has 350 slots; 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): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is on offer for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
The players
How does [EU] Facepunch 9 rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #699 puts [EU] Facepunch 9 in the top 3% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on [EU] Facepunch 9 right now?
2 players are on [EU] Facepunch 9 at the moment, out of 350 slots. Peak for the week was 43, against an average of 18 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 20:00 UTC, averaging 27 players.
About the server
Is [EU] Facepunch 9 online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, [EU] Facepunch 9 is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 16 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does [EU] Facepunch 9 run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 202, with 159 as the lowest. At its peak it held 159,969 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 6,930 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is [EU] Facepunch 9 located?
Its name points to Europe, although [EU] Facepunch 9 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 79.137.98.10:28020.
Which Rust version is [EU] Facepunch 9 on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version [EU] Facepunch 9 runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on [EU] Facepunch 9 when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 71 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 47 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch 9?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for [EU] Facepunch 9, tied to the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 28 days 12 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
The rules
Which map does [EU] Facepunch 9 run?
The procedural map on [EU] Facepunch 9 measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 1928463649. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch 9?
The name of [EU] Facepunch 9 says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It sits in the Official tab in game. The server's own word for it is vanilla: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join [EU] Facepunch 9?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.137.98.10:28020. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.