Online 198.244.177.77:28017 checked 11m ago
Facepunch Release
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 500 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 26% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is Facepunch Release online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Facepunch Release is online. The reported uptime puts the last restart at roughly 23 hours ago. 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 167 of 168 hours up. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
Does Facepunch Release run smoothly?
The last 48 hours average out at 91 server fps; it never dropped below 29. Its entity count reached 116,429: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. 4,525 MB of memory was the high point. A climbing entity count plus low fps: that is lag, as players experience it.
Which Rust version is Facepunch Release on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows: that is the setup at Facepunch Release. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is Facepunch Release located?
Nothing on Facepunch Release states a region. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. 198.244.177.77:28017 is the address.
Tags
What do the server tags on Facepunch Release mean?
Tags published by Facepunch Release and picked up by the in-game 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): Rust survival as standard; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Who runs Facepunch Release?
One operator most likely runs Facepunch Release and the 124 other servers we track that share its playrust.com hostname.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Facepunch Release?
You will find Facepunch Release on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Official Rust servers, ranked live. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Type: No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Boxes: Official only.
Server rules
Which map is running on Facepunch Release?
Size 4,500, seed 6974352: that is the procedural map Facepunch Release runs, generated by the game. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here.
What are the rules and settings on Facepunch Release?
The name of Facepunch Release does not say what the gather rate is. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. gather, build, raid: the standard game: that is the survival game mode. You can fight and raid other players here. The in-game Official tab is where it is listed. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Population
What is the population on Facepunch Release at the moment?
0 of 500 slots are filled on Facepunch Release right now. Seven days back gives an average of 0 players and a peak of 3. It drew its biggest crowd of the last 48 hours at 08:00 UTC: 1 players on average.
Where does Facepunch Release sit in the rankings?
The last seven days put Facepunch Release at #5,747 on player hours: top 26% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Facepunch Release?
The record holds too few of Facepunch Release's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 30 days 1 hours ago is when its current world was made.
Connect
How do I join Facepunch Release?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 198.244.177.77:28017. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
On Rust Player Stats
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
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.