[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2
Online 79.137.98.12:28015 checked 10m 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, and #23 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 9d 0h. 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 140, 47 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:44 UTC FW26d ago | 140 | – | 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #402 for player hours, which puts [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 in the top 2% of all ranked servers. It places #23 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 holds 82 players at the moment, out of 400 slots. We counted an average of 40 players in the past week, with 126 at the busiest. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 116 players.
Tags
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 mean?
These are the tags [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 publishes, as read by the game's server browser: 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; mp400 (Max players): You can join up to 400 slots; ts4 (Group limit): You may team with up to 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $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; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here; 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
The playrust.com hostname that [EU] 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
On Rust Population, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 is filed under these lists: Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in Europe and Official Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; 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 50; Average players: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 140 players. Peak came 47 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
Once a month [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 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. 26 days ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 872935069. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
Nothing in [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2's name says how gather works. 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. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 run smoothly?
It ran at 166 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 89. The entity count reached 273,796: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 9,299 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 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] Facepunch Softcore 2 located?
No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2, but the name points to Europe. 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 79.137.98.12:28015.
Getting in
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 79.137.98.12:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.