Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 52,161 players 11,666 servers 3,273 with someone on 87 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
‹ All serversspecimen record
Specimen recordcat. no. 9,472habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

| VF | Softcore | PvP |

Online 104.129.133.41:28049 checked 7m ago

quad monthly wipes carbonsoftcorepremium

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#9,472
top 43%
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75110:0019:0004:0014:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304010:0019:0004:0014:0023:0008:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 43% of all ranked servers, and #479 of the quad servers (top 58%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 9h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 9h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 20 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:20 UTC FW26d ago 1 – running 0

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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does | VF | Softcore | PvP | rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, | VF | Softcore | PvP | places at #9,472, within the top 43% of ranked servers. It places #479 among servers of the quad kind.

How busy is | VF | Softcore | PvP |?

Of its 40 slots, | VF | Softcore | PvP | is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 05:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on | VF | Softcore | PvP | mean?

What the game's server browser reads from | VF | Softcore | PvP | is this set of tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The team limit is 4; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): This is Facepunch's easier mode, where death leaves you part of your inventory; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to join. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include | VF | Softcore | PvP |?

On Rust Population, | VF | Softcore | PvP | is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Softcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s, Premium ^q and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on | VF | Softcore | PvP |?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 20 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on | VF | Softcore | PvP |?

| VF | Softcore | PvP | wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 13 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does | VF | Softcore | PvP | run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 101042635, generated by the game, is in use on | VF | Softcore | PvP |. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on | VF | Softcore | PvP |?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: | VF | Softcore | PvP | states none. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). softcore is what it runs, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You will find Carbon running as plugins. You need Rust's premium status to join. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does | VF | Softcore | PvP | run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for | VF | Softcore | PvP |. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does | VF | Softcore | PvP | run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 29 server fps, with a low of 12. The entity count reached 123,604: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 3,904 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is | VF | Softcore | PvP | online, and how reliable is it?

You will find | VF | Softcore | PvP | online now. About 1 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is | VF | Softcore | PvP | located?

No region is published by | VF | Softcore | PvP |. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 104.129.133.41:28049.

How to join

How do I join | VF | Softcore | PvP |?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 104.129.133.41:28049; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. You need Rust's premium status to join. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/VanillaFudge.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^y,^m,^s,gmsoftcore,cs168909,^q,ts4

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode Softcore rules apply, an easier set.
mp40
Max players The server has 40 slots.
ts4
Group limit The team limit is 4.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^s
Softcore This is Facepunch's easier mode, where death leaves you part of your inventory.

Mods and access

^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.
^q
Premium You need Rust's premium status to join.

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.