[AE] Facepunch 2
Join the serverOVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 4%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
185.179.203.164:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
![Map of [AE] Facepunch 2](https://files.facepunch.com/rust/map-images/858fea098eb635d29ecebf88fffbf049491d8668e08a15ea3edd7137535d4b7e/proceduralmap.4500.1790876522947.289_858fea098eb635d29ecebf88fffbf049.jpg)
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 34 places on last week. Top 4% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
This is an official server owned and operated by Facepunch. People are free to speak whatever language they like. Don't be surprised if you get banned for being abusive.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 185.179.203.164:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 350
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 17:42 UTC
- Hostname
- ae2.playrust.com
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
- Operator · playrust.com
- [EU East] Facepunch 5 328/350 · [EU] Facepunch Premium 1 277/350 · [EU East] Facepunch 4 264/350 · [EU] Facepunch 15 243/300 · [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 233/400 · [EU] Facepunch 1 227/400 · [EU East] Facepunch 2 221/400 · [EU] Facepunch 16 188/300
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are [AE] Facepunch 2's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of [AE] Facepunch 2. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. The Official tab in-game lists it. It claims vanilla status: untouched: no rate changes, no kits, no house rules. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 uses a procedural map of 4,500 that the game generates with seed 1120603257. You can see it on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed make the same map.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on [AE] Facepunch 2?
These tags come from [AE] Facepunch 2 and go straight into the game's server browser: 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 usual Rust survival setup; mp350 (Max players): Slot count: 350; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs167231 (Build): Game build is 167231; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe brings the monthly reset; ^v (Vanilla): Untouched: no rate changes, no kits, no house rules; ^t (Tutorial on): The tutorial from Facepunch is on offer for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): Owner or plugin made this tag. Rust does not ship it. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does [AE] Facepunch 2 appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find [AE] Facepunch 2: Tutorial-on Rust servers, Official Rust servers, busiest first and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: 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.
Who's in charge of [AE] Facepunch 2?
124 other servers we track share the playrust.com hostname [AE] Facepunch 2 publishes, so the same operator most likely runs them all.
Server info
How smooth is [AE] Facepunch 2?
Server fps held an average of 132 across the last 48 hours, minimum 108. The entity count reached 141,244: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. It drew as much as 5,720 MB of memory. What players call lag is low fps plus a rising entity count.
What's the physical location of [AE] Facepunch 2?
From [AE] Facepunch 2, there is no region. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 185.179.203.164:28015.
How reliable is [AE] Facepunch 2?
[AE] Facepunch 2 is up as you read this. A restart happened about 6 hours ago, based on the uptime figure. Last 7 full days: 100% uptime, with 168 hours up out of 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is [AE] Facepunch 2 using?
On Windows, [AE] Facepunch 2 runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
How does [AE] Facepunch 2 handle wipe day?
28 players was the average peak on recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 27 hours after it.
When does [AE] Facepunch 2 wipe?
Once a month: [AE] Facepunch 2 wipes at the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its world is 7 days old. Look at its tags: monthly wipe schedule.
Population
What's [AE] Facepunch 2's rank among Rust servers?
In the top 4% of all ranked servers, [AE] Facepunch 2 is #929 on player hours over the last seven days.
What's the player count on [AE] Facepunch 2?
27 players are on [AE] Facepunch 2 at the moment, out of 350 slots. It averaged 15 players over the last seven days and peaked at 40. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 19:00 UTC, averaging 36 players.
How to join
How can you get into [AE] Facepunch 2?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 185.179.203.164:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs167231,sc2,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.