[US] Facepunch Softcore 2
Online 148.113.198.11:28020 checked 8m ago
Measurements
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
Top 1% of all ranked servers, and #16 of the quad servers (top 2%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 147, 7 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:41 UTC FW27d ago | 147 | – | running | 17 |
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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #303 for player hours, which puts [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 in the top 1% of all ranked servers. It places #16 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?
The count reads 33 players on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2, which has 300 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 59 players and a peak of 157. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 23:00 UTC, averaging 87 players.
Tags
What do the server tags on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 mean?
What the game's server browser reads from [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is this set of tags: 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; gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp300 (Max players): 300 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Who runs [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?
The playrust.com hostname that [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 publishes is shared with 124 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?
[US] Facepunch Softcore 2 appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 50+ on average; Boxes: Official only and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 147 players. 7 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?
[US] Facepunch Softcore 2 wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 27 days 22 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
Map and rules
Which map does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?
The map on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1750336523. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?
Nothing in [US] Facepunch Softcore 2's name says how gather works. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). You get softcore here, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it in the Official tab in game. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?
On Windows, [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run smoothly?
It ran at 84 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 38. The entity count reached 354,930: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 10,562 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 online, and how reliable is it?
[US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 located?
No region tag comes from [US] Facepunch Softcore 2, but the name points to North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 148.113.198.11:28020.
Getting in
How do I join [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?
Either enter client.connect 148.113.198.11:28020 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.