[US] Facepunch Softcore 2

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [US] Facepunch Softcore 2, reached at 148.113.198.11:28020. At the last check it held 42 of 300 places, against a seven-day mean of 59 and a peak of 157¹. It ranks #303 of all servers, the top 1%. It last wiped 27d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsofficial quad monthly wipes softcore

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	42/300	14% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	59	peak 157, 48 h peak 92
Rank²	#303	top 1%
Last wipe	27d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	7d 4h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak

Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory⁴. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

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Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 1% of all ranked servers, and #16 of the quad servers (top 2%). Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 4h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	147	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	7d 4h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	35d 4h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 147, 7 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:41fw27d ago	147	–	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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 — Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 1750336523. Open on RustMaps.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`148.113.198.11:28020`
Region	–
Max players	300
Group limit	quad
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	1 Oct 2026, 17:41 UTC
Hostname	new__us__softcore__2.playrust.com
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	4500
Seed	1750336523

7Operator

125 servers publish a playrust.com hostname; the busiest are listed.

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, playrust.com.

Server	Status	Players
[EU] Facepunch 1	online	160/400
[EA] Softcore 1	online	128/350
[EU East] Facepunch 4	online	99/350
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1	online	98/350
[EU East] Facepunch 5	online	63/350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1	online	53/400
[EA] Facepunch 3	online	51/350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3	online	45/400

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North America server population [2], rust tutorial servers [3], official Rust server list [4] and upcoming Rust wipes [5].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
LA VERGA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLNA · quad · monthly · 7 on average	2/80
LA ISLA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLYNA · quad · monthly · 6 on average	2/200
Poon Plowers \| Monthly \| Softcore \| No BP WipeNA · quad · monthly · 2 on average	1/100
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Monthly QuadNA · quad · monthly · 12 on average	8/200
RustForNoobs.com \| Solo Duo Trio Quad \| Monthly \| USNA · quad · monthly · 3 on average	1/150
Rusty Pirates \| No Decay \| Monthly \| No BP WipesNA · quad · monthly · 1 on average	2/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 smooth?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 84, with a minimum of 38. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 354,930 entities. Its highest memory usage was 10,562 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2In which location is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 based?

No region tag is published by [US] Facepunch Softcore 2, but its name points to North America. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 148.113.198.11:28020.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

[US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is currently online. It last restarted around 1 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. The server was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 runs, on Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.5What schedule does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 follow for wipes?

Once a month, [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 wipes in line with the force wipe. This server's next wipe coincides with the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which affects all Rust servers. The current world has been running for 27 days 20 hours. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6What characterises wipe day on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 147 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 7 hours after it began.

Population

A.7What is the rank of [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 among Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 holds #303, in the top 1% of all ranked servers. Within the quad group, its position is #16.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

The current population of [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is 42, drawn from 300 slots. Averaged over the last seven days: 59 players; the same period peaks at 157. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 23:00 UTC, averaging 87 players.

Tags and filters

A.9By whom is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 operated?

A playrust.com hostname is published by [US] Facepunch Softcore 2; 124 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10How should the tags on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 be interpreted?

The game's server browser reads 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; mp300 (Max players): It offers 300 slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds no more than 4; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^t (Tutorial on): The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin, which [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 publishes as its tags. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.11Where can [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust servers with the tutorial tag, Official Rust servers and North American server statistics are the Rust Statistics lists that [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 fits. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; 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.

Settings and map

A.12What are the settings and rules that govern [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

No gather rate appears in the name of [US] Facepunch Softcore 2. The group limit is 4 players, under quad. Listed as softcore, the game mode is An easier Facepunch mode, in which part of your loot is kept. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It appears under Official in the game's server list. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13What map is in use on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Generated by the game from seed 1750336523, the procedural map on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 measures 4,500. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

Connection

A.14How do you connect to [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Enter client.connect 148.113.198.11:28020 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
On Rust Statistics
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.
Game
`gmsoftcore`	Game mode. An easier ruleset, softcore.
`mp300`	Max players. It offers 300 slots.
`ts4`	Group limit. A team holds no more than 4.
`v2635`	Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
`cs168909`	Build. This server runs game build 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
`$r?`	Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Gameplay
`^t`	Tutorial on. The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here.
Other
`sc2`	Custom tag. This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin.

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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

This is an official server owned and operated by Facepunch. People are free to speak whatever language they like. Don't be surprised if you get banned for being abusive.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. North America server population. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Rust tutorial servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Official Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.