Players now
Live- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- 1
- Peak, 7 days
- 2
0% full
Rank
top 27%
7-day average
peak 2
Last wipe
no schedule published
Next wipe
no wipe seen yet
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 27% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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- 1 175/ 250
- 2 209/ 250
- 3 627/ 675
- 4 37/ 100
- 5 734/ 775
- 6 572/ 625
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer details
Is Facepunch Release online, and how reliable is it?
Facepunch Release is up and taking players now. The uptime it reports puts its last restart about 9 hours ago. It was online 99% of the last 7 full days, which is 167 of 168 hours. Rust Dashboard logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Facepunch Release run?
On Windows, Facepunch Release runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining needs the same protocol on your side, and Steam handles that update.
Where is Facepunch Release located?
There is no region on Facepunch Release. The location shown at Rust Dashboard is the one the server states; no lookup of the machine's position happens. Connect to it at 198.244.177.77:28017.
Does Facepunch Release run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours the average was 91 fps, with a floor of 29. Buildings, deployables and everything else added up to a peak of 116,429 entities. It drew as much as 4,525 MB of memory at peak. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include Facepunch Release?
You'll find Facepunch Release on these themed lists at Rust Dashboard: Official Rust servers. It appears under these filters when you browse the server list: Type: No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Boxes: Official only.
Who runs Facepunch Release?
The same operator most likely runs Facepunch Release and 124 other servers we track, since all of them publish a playrust.com hostname.
What do the server tags on Facepunch Release mean?
The browser in the game reads 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): The game runs on standard Rust survival settings; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game's own limit of 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your build has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The game's standard network layer, RakNet, carries this server; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank from Facepunch Release as its tags. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How busy is Facepunch Release?
0 players are playing on Facepunch Release right now, out of 500 slots. Over seven days the mean is 0 players and the peak is 2. The busiest point in the last 48 hours was 08:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
How does Facepunch Release rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #6,051 on the last seven days of player hours, Facepunch Release is in the top 27% of all ranked servers.
Reset times
What is the wipe schedule on Facepunch Release?
The record holds too few of Facepunch Release's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe takes every Rust server with it. 30 days 11 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Facepunch Release?
The name of Facepunch Release gives no gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, which is the game's default. survival is what it plays, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Raids and player fights are part of the game here. Rust lists it in the Official tab in game. Valve's VAC anti-cheat runs here.
Which map does Facepunch Release run?
The game generates the procedural map on Facepunch Release, size 4,500 with seed 6974352. This page links to RustMaps, where the map looks the same for its size and seed.
How to join
How do I join Facepunch Release?
Type client.connect 198.244.177.77:28017 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust and connects you.