SoftNet
Offline EU 85.49.251.75:28015 checked 20d 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 62% of all ranked servers, top 83% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. 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 1, 15 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 02:28 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | running | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does SoftNet rank against other Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put SoftNet at #13,774, or #2,386 in Europe, inside the top 62% of all ranked servers.
How busy is SoftNet?
At this count SoftNet is offline, with its last sighting 20 days 20 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on SoftNet mean?
What the game's server browser reads from SoftNet is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here; EU (Europe): In the server browser it appears under Europe. 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 SoftNet?
SoftNet and 1 other server we track both publish a sftn.eu hostname, which points to one operator behind them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include SoftNet?
These Rust Population lists include SoftNet: Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in Europe, Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on SoftNet?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 15 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on SoftNet?
Once a month SoftNet 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 25 days 18 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 SoftNet run?
SoftNet uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 367222608. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on SoftNet?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: SoftNet states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. Vanilla is the label it uses: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does SoftNet run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux is what SoftNet uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is SoftNet online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw SoftNet 20 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is SoftNet located?
With its EU tag, SoftNet places itself in Europe. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 85.49.251.75:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join SoftNet?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 85.49.251.75:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.