Most people who search for a Rust proxy want one of three things. They want a way back after a ban, lower ping, or a fix for a server list that looks wrong. This page answers from the Facepunch Terms of Service and the Facepunch support knowledge base, read on 28 September 2026. The short answer: EAC bans are permanent, and accounts made to get around one are banned too. Facepunch says it has banned over one million accounts since 2013. A VPN makes the server browser show servers for the wrong place, and support says to switch it off.
EAC bans are permanent
The support article on EAC bans is blunt. "All EAC bans are permanent - EasyAntiCheat has a zero-tolerance policy for cheating and will not lift EAC bans on request". A support ticket or an appeal will not remove one. If a round of bans was wrong, the servers reverse it on their own.
It then speaks to new accounts: "Any future accounts used in an attempt to bypass the EAC ban are also subject to being banned as well. We do not condone ban evasion". The ban stays even if someone else was using the account at the time, and it can arrive later, since EAC issues bans on a delay. A banned account can still play single-player games and servers without EAC.
Bans for playing with cheaters work the same way. Support says those bans are placed by hand, "bans are final", and appeals are rejected.
| ban | what Facepunch says |
|---|---|
| EAC ban | permanent, not lifted on request |
| playing with cheaters | final, appeals rejected |
| community server ban | up to the server owner |
| hardware ban | only for repeat offenders |
The second chance, and who does not get one
Since June 2025 Facepunch has offered a narrow way back. It says it has "permanently banned over one million accounts to protect the integrity of the game since 2013", and adds: "We’re not lifting bans".
| second chance | the rule |
|---|---|
| who can return | players banned over 8 months ago |
| how | buy Rust again on a new account |
| not for | repeat cheaters, hardware bans, ban evaders |
| too early | a new account within 8 months is likely banned again |
Hardware bans, it says, go only to repeat offenders. Bans on community servers are handled by the server owners. Anyone who cheats again is banned again, with no appeal and no more chances.
The server list and VPNs
The support article on an empty or odd server list has a step for VPN users: "Disable any VPN you have running on your system". It gives the reason: "The server list is populated geographically to your IP address’s geolocation so if you are using a VPN you may see servers not relevant to your current location". If you know the address of a server, you can join it from the console with connect and its IP address and port.
A search of the Facepunch knowledge base for "proxy" finds no article. The Rust FAQ says servers can be down for updates, crashes, or attacks on them, with no advice to route the game elsewhere. Steam family sharing for Rust has been off since 17 February 2021.
The rules
The Facepunch Terms of Service were last updated on 15 July 2025. Your use of the games "is for you alone", so you cannot give, sell, lend or transfer it. The rules bar cheats, automation software, bots and scripts. They add that "knowingly playing with cheaters or benefitting from cheating" also breaks them. A ban for cheating means you "will lose access to the relevant game and any in-game purchases". The terms point EAC appeals to the Easy Anti-Cheat support site, and VAC appeals to Steam.
If you use proxies for other work
Nothing on this page routes Rust through a proxy. For other games, see our pages on proxies for Steam and proxies for Counter-Strike. For the basics, see what a residential proxy is, our FoxyProxy guide and whether free proxies are safe. Our free proxy list and proxy checker cost nothing. Our ISP proxies start at $2.70/IP, our residential traffic at $0.44/GB, and mobile plans are on the pricing page.
The limits of this page
We did not play Rust, join a server or run the game through a proxy. The support articles come from the public help-center API of the Facepunch knowledge base. The ban count is the one Facepunch gives, not our figure. Community servers set their own rules, and we did not read any of them. This page is due for a check by 28 December 2026.
Sources
We read every source below on 28 September 2026.
- Facepunch, Terms of Service, last updated 15 July 2025.
- Facepunch support: EAC Banned, Ban Second Chances, Banned for playing with cheaters, No servers showing and Steam family share disabled.
- Rust, Support and FAQ.
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