[EA] Softcore 1
Online 43.239.138.85:28015 checked 13m 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 #14 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 8d 14h. 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 293, 44 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW26d ago | 293 | – | running | 59 |
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 [EA] Softcore 1 rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, [EA] Softcore 1 places at #264, within the top 1% of ranked servers. It places #14 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is [EA] Softcore 1?
[EA] Softcore 1 holds 31 players at the moment, out of 350 slots. We counted an average of 69 players in the past week, with 180 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 12:00 UTC, when an average of 156 players were on.
Tags
What do the server tags on [EA] Softcore 1 mean?
What the game's server browser reads from [EA] Softcore 1 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): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp350 (Max players): You can join up to 350 slots; ts4 (Group limit): You may team with up to 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players to start; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Who runs [EA] Softcore 1?
A playrust.com hostname comes from [EA] Softcore 1 and from 124 other servers we track, which suggests one operator runs them all.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include [EA] Softcore 1?
[EA] Softcore 1 appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust tutorial servers and Official Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: 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.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on [EA] Softcore 1?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 293 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 44 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on [EA] Softcore 1?
Once a month [EA] Softcore 1 wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 26 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does [EA] Softcore 1 run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 683744944, generated by the game, is in use on [EA] Softcore 1. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on [EA] Softcore 1?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [EA] Softcore 1 states none. 4 is the most a group can hold (quad). softcore is what it runs, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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 [EA] Softcore 1 run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [EA] Softcore 1 uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does [EA] Softcore 1 run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 67 server fps, with a low of 27. The entity count reached 362,355: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 90,004 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is [EA] Softcore 1 online, and how reliable is it?
You will find [EA] Softcore 1 online now. About 22 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is [EA] Softcore 1 located?
A region is not published by [EA] Softcore 1. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 43.239.138.85:28015.
Getting in
How do I join [EA] Softcore 1?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 43.239.138.85:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.