RS-676Official server
[EU] Facepunch 8
Online 79.137.98.10:28015 checked 11m ago
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 22d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- T− 22d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 63, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:42 UTC FW12d ago | 63 | – | running | 7 |
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.
Player count
What is the typical player count on [EU] Facepunch 8?
On 350 slots, [EU] Facepunch 8 has 32 players at this moment. Its seven-day average is 25 players, with a peak of 61. At 17:00 UTC it was busiest in the last 48 hours, averaging 43 players.
How is [EU] Facepunch 8 ranked?
The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch 8 at #676, in the top 3% of ranked servers.
Tags, lists, and filters
Where does [EU] Facepunch 8 show up in Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
On these Top Rust Servers lists you will find [EU] Facepunch 8: Rust tutorial servers, Best EU Rust servers, Top ranked Rust servers and Top vanilla Rust servers. These filters bring it up 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
How should you read the tags on [EU] Facepunch 8?
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): Standard survival, as in Rust; mp350 (Max players): Player slots: 350; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): This server runs protocol 2634; match it to connect; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): This uses RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): A wipe happens every month, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): This server offers Facepunch's tutorial for newcomers; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin set this tag; it is not part of standard Rust are the tags [EU] Facepunch 8 publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made, taken from the tags.
Who manages [EU] Facepunch 8?
124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname as well as [EU] Facepunch 8, so they are most likely run by the same operator.
Map and rules
What is the map on [EU] Facepunch 8?
A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1376277816, created by the game, is in use on [EU] Facepunch 8. Viewing it on RustMaps is possible from this page: the same size and seed give the same map.
What settings and rules does [EU] Facepunch 8 use?
You will not find a gather rate in the name [EU] Facepunch 8. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, the normal mode where you gather, build and raid. You can fight and raid other players. The in-game Official tab lists this server. Vanilla is the term it uses: no altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
What version is [EU] Facepunch 8 running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is what [EU] Facepunch 8 runs, on Windows. Your game needs the same protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is [EU] Facepunch 8 lag-free?
Over the last two days, it ran at an average of 203 server fps, minimum 141. At its peak, it held 163,708 entities: everything from buildings to deployables and more. Its memory use reached 6,834 MB at most. A climbing entity count and low fps are the source of the lag players feel.
What is the location of [EU] Facepunch 8?
Its name points to Europe, but [EU] Facepunch 8 publishes no region tag. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 79.137.98.10:28015 is its address.
Is [EU] Facepunch 8 currently online?
Right now, [EU] Facepunch 8 is up and running. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 3 hours ago. It spent 168 of the last 168 hours online across 7 days, giving 100% uptime. Its first appearance in Top Rust Servers was on 13 September 2026.
Wipe cycle
What happens on wipe day on [EU] Facepunch 8?
Across recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 63 players. 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
How often does [EU] Facepunch 8 wipe?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all [EU] Facepunch 8 does. The next wipe is set for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that resets every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 12 days 23 hours ago. Monthly wipes are declared in its tags.
How to join
What are the steps to join [EU] Facepunch 8?
To connect manually, open the console with F1 and type client.connect 79.137.98.10:28015. Or click Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect directly.