Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore
Online OC 51.161.198.57:28015 checked 14m 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 2% of all ranked servers, top 5% in OC, and #27 of the quad servers (top 3%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 16h. 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 129, 40 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:04 UTC FW27d ago | 129 | – | 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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore rank against other Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore at #485, or #11 in Oceania, inside the top 2% of all ranked servers. It places #27 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore holds 28 players at the moment, out of 150 slots. We counted an average of 34 players in the past week, with 90 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 09:00 UTC, averaging 54 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore 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): An easier ruleset, softcore; mp150 (Max players): The server has 150 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; OC (Oceania): The server browser lists it under Oceania; rustmaps (Custom tag): This tag falls outside Rust's standard set; the owner or a plugin set it. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Who runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?
The rplayrust.com hostname that Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore publishes is shared with 16 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Oceania Rust servers, counted and Official Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 129 players. 40 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?
Once a month Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore wipes, and that is with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 8 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
Settings
Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore run?
A custom map of size 4,000 is in use on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore, and the map file is published, so you can download it here.
What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?
No gather rate appears in the name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). This server runs softcore, 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. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore run smoothly?
It ran at 30 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 22. Entities peaked at 279,171, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 6,776 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore located?
The OC tag is how Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore places itself in Oceania. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 51.161.198.57:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 51.161.198.57:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. You can find its website at https://redditplayrust.com/login.