The count
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[US West] Facepunch 2
Key points
- 7 of 400 players are on now, 2% full.
- Over the last seven days it averages 9 players, with a peak of 23.
- It ranks #973, the top 4% of all ranked servers.
- The current map has been up 26d 4h, since Thursday 1 October, 17:40 UTC, on a monthly schedule.
- The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, in 8d 20h, with the force wipe.
Live coverage
newest first · every post is a reading of this serverEmbedded chart
Players on [US West] Facepunch 2
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Embedded chart
How the server is running
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.
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Rank #973 today
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 4% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Coming up · wipe schedule
Next wipe in 8d 20h
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 20hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 29, 35 hours in.
Wipes
newest firstForce wipe
Force wipe peaks at 29 players
Thursday 1 October 2026, 17:40 UTC FW
- Peak
- 29
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 4
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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What should you expect from wipe day on [US West] Facepunch 2?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 29 players. 35 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often does [US West] Facepunch 2 wipe, and at what times?
The monthly force wipe is the only wipe [US West] Facepunch 2 takes. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC brings the force wipe, its next wipe and one that hits every Rust server. This world dates from 26 days 4 hours. Its tags give wipes as monthly.
Lists and tags
Which operator is behind [US West] Facepunch 2?
The playrust.com hostname [US West] Facepunch 2 publishes is shared with 124 other tracked servers, which points to one operator.
Where does [US West] Facepunch 2 appear in Rust Live Stats lists and filters?
The Rust Live Stats lists that include [US West] Facepunch 2 are Official Rust servers, live now, Rust tutorial servers: live list, North America Rust servers, live and Vanilla Rust servers, live. Under the filters Region: North America; 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 it appears on the server list.
What do the tags listed for [US West] Facepunch 2 signify?
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 here follows standard Rust; mp400 (Max players): 400 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Team cap: 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need protocol 2635 on your game to get in; cs168909 (Build): Build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set here; ^m (Monthly): It wipes with Facepunch's force wipe, once each month; ^v (Vanilla): The rates, kits and rules are unchanged from what Facepunch ships; ^t (Tutorial on): New players get Facepunch's tutorial as a starting point; sc2 (Custom tag): You will not find this among Rust's standard tags: the owner or a plugin created it: that is the tag list [US West] Facepunch 2 publishes for the game's server browser. Also in the tags: players on now, the queue, and when the world was made. You will find them at the top of this page.
Population
What is the current population on [US West] Facepunch 2?
7 of [US West] Facepunch 2's 400 slots are filled right now. The seven-day average is 9 players, with a peak of 23. Between now and 48 hours back, 23:00 UTC drew the most players, 15 on average.
How does [US West] Facepunch 2 compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
On player hours for the past seven days, [US West] Facepunch 2 sits at #973, inside the top 4% of ranked servers.
Rules and settings
Which settings and rules are in force on [US West] Facepunch 2?
No gather rate appears in the name [US West] Facepunch 2. Eight players per group, which is the game's default. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Raiding and player combat are both permitted. The in-game Official tab carries it. Vanilla is its own label: the rates, kits and rules are unchanged from what Facepunch ships. VAC is enabled: Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is in use on [US West] Facepunch 2?
Size 4,500, seed 1946478515: that is the procedural map the game generates for [US West] Facepunch 2. Same size, same seed, same map: RustMaps has it, reachable from this page.
Server facts
Which region is [US West] Facepunch 2 hosted in?
No region tag is published, though the name of [US West] Facepunch 2 points to North America. Where the machine stands is not checked by Rust Live Stats; only the location a server states is shown. You can reach it at 148.113.198.7:28015.
What is performance like on [US West] Facepunch 2?
Server fps averaged 231 over the last 48 hours, with a low of 213. Entity count reached 145,453: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 6,619 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt as lag by players.
What Rust version is [US West] Facepunch 2 on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [US West] Facepunch 2 runs. Steam updates it for you, but your game needs the same protocol to join.
How reliable is [US West] Facepunch 2, and is it online at the moment?
[US West] Facepunch 2 is up and running at this moment. About 8 hours ago is when it last restarted, according to its uptime. 168 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, giving 100% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Live Stats was on 13 September 2026.
How to join
What steps connect you to [US West] Facepunch 2?
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 148.113.198.7:28015.
