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Specimen recordcat. no. 2,837EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

EU SoftCore Server

Online EU 66.51.97.67:28020 checked 6m ago

quad monthly wipes softcore

Measurements

Players now
3/ 50
= 1 player
6% full
7-day average
1
peak 7
Rank
#2,837
top 13% · #1067 in EU
Last wipe
20d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 19h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246800:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608000:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 13% of all ranked servers, top 36% in EU, and #172 of the quad servers (top 21%). 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 7d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

6.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
4
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

7d 19h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 19h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 8 OctThu 1 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 28 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 8 Oct, 14:06 UTC20d ago 4 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 18:16 UTC FW27d ago 5 halved by day 1 6.8 days 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

Player counts

How does EU SoftCore Server rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put EU SoftCore Server at #2,837, or #1,067 in Europe, inside the top 13% of all ranked servers. It places #172 among servers of the quad kind.

How busy is EU SoftCore Server?

The count reads 3 players on EU SoftCore Server, which has 50 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 7. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 00:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on EU SoftCore Server mean?

These are the tags EU SoftCore Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): This is Facepunch's easier mode, where death leaves you part of your inventory; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include EU SoftCore Server?

These Rust Population lists include EU SoftCore Server: Rust servers in Europe and Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Softcore ^s; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on EU SoftCore Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 4 players. 28 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 1 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on EU SoftCore Server?

Once a month EU SoftCore Server wipes, and that is with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 20 days 8 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Map and rules

Which map does EU SoftCore Server run?

The map on EU SoftCore Server is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1427434459. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on EU SoftCore Server?

Nothing in EU SoftCore Server's name says how gather works. A group can hold 4 players at most (quad). This server runs softcore, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does EU SoftCore Server run?

On Linux, EU SoftCore Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does EU SoftCore Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 34 server fps, with 5 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 129,854, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,822 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is EU SoftCore Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find EU SoftCore Server online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 35 hours ago. 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 EU SoftCore Server located?

With its EU tag, EU SoftCore Server places itself in Europe. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 66.51.97.67:28020.

Getting in

How do I join EU SoftCore Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.97.67:28020; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^s,EU,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode Softcore rules apply, an easier set.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts4
Group limit Teams can have no more than 4 players.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

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

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

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.