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[EU] Facepunch Large 2

Online 79.137.98.5:28020 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 400 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average8peak 22
Rank#1,102top 5%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0510152011:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 5% 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 8h. The force wipe · high confidence

48
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 8hThu 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 48, 2 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:42 UTC FW27d ago 48 – running 13

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.

Lists and tags

Who runs [EU] Facepunch Large 2?

[EU] Facepunch Large 2 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 Large 2?

You'll find [EU] Facepunch Large 2 on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Rust tutorial servers, European Rust servers, live, Official Rust servers, watched and Vanilla Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters 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; Boxes: Official only.

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

For the server browser, [EU] Facepunch Large 2 lists these tags: 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; mp400 (Max players): Slots: 400; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; 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): 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; sc3 (Custom tag): Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does [EU] Facepunch Large 2 rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch Large 2 at #1,102, in the top 5% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on [EU] Facepunch Large 2 right now?

2 players are on [EU] Facepunch Large 2 at the moment, out of 400 slots. Averaging 8 players across seven days, it topped out at 22. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 16 players.

About the server

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

As of now, [EU] Facepunch Large 2 is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 21 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does [EU] Facepunch Large 2 run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 204 server fps, with a low of 160. The world carried as many as 168,689 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 6,281 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is [EU] Facepunch Large 2 located?

Its name points to Europe, although [EU] Facepunch Large 2 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. Connect at 79.137.98.5:28020.

Which Rust version is [EU] Facepunch Large 2 on?

On Windows, [EU] Facepunch Large 2 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 [EU] Facepunch Large 2 when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 48 players. 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

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

[EU] Facepunch Large 2 wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. 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 17 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Map and rules

Which map does [EU] Facepunch Large 2 run?

A procedural map of 5,000 with seed 507294712 is what [EU] Facepunch Large 2 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 [EU] Facepunch Large 2?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Large 2 says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. The in-game Official tab is where it lives. The server's own word for it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join [EU] Facepunch Large 2?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.137.98.5:28020. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs168909,sc3,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 Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp400
Max players Slots: 400.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
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 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.

Other

sc3
Custom tag Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it.

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.