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[EA] Softcore 1

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [EA] Softcore 1, reached at 43.239.138.85:28015. At the last check it held 14 of 350 places, against a seven-day mean of 69 and a peak of 1801. It ranks #260 of all servers, the top 1%. It last wiped 26d 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.
MeasureValueNote
Players now14/3504% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean69peak 180, 48 h peak 180
Rank2#260top 1%
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe38d 19hThu 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
05010015020000:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00
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).

measure
range
05010015020000:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00
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 #14 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
110020030040020 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct
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 8d 19h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak293players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:008d 19hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0036d 19hforce wipefw
0100200300400+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 293, 44 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40fw26d ago 293 – running 59

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 [EA] Softcore 1
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 683744944. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address43.239.138.85:28015
Region–
Max players350
Group limitquad
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC
Hostnameea-s1.playrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed683744944

7Operator

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

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, playrust.com.
ServerStatusPlayers
[EU] Facepunch 1online213/400
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1online136/350
[EU East] Facepunch 4online121/350
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1online88/400
[EU East] Facepunch 5online87/350
[US] Facepunch Softcore 2online86/300
[US] Facepunch Softcore 1online79/300
[EU East] Facepunch 7online49/300

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are tutorial island servers [2], official servers live [3] and predicted wipe schedule [4].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU SoftcoreOC · quad · monthly · 37 on average17/150
LA ISLA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLYNA · quad · monthly · 8 on average4/200
LA VERGA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLNA · quad · monthly · 7 on average9/80
[RU] Friendly Rust – Vanilla Softcore | 2x2 РусскийEU · quad · monthly · 7 on average0/100
【玖月】原倍/萌新/无任何售卖/公益服/10.2EA · quad · monthly · 5 on average0/200
[EU] The Rusters | Friendly | Low UpkeepEU · quad · monthly · 4 on average2/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1How well does [EA] Softcore 1 run?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 68, with a minimum of 27. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 362,355 entities. Its highest memory usage was 82,329 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What location does [EA] Softcore 1 have?

There is no region published for [EA] Softcore 1. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 43.239.138.85:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the reliability of [EA] Softcore 1, and is it online?

[EA] Softcore 1 is currently online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 17 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 100%, with 168 of 168 hours online. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on [EA] Softcore 1?

[EA] Softcore 1 is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Windows operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does [EA] Softcore 1 wipe?

Once a month, [EA] Softcore 1 wipes in line with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The current world has been running for 26 days 5 hours. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6What happens on [EA] Softcore 1 when wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 293 players. The crowd reached its maximum 44 hours after the latest wipe.

Player count

A.7What is the rank of [EA] Softcore 1 among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts [EA] Softcore 1 at #260, within the top 1% of ranked servers. Within the quad group, its position is #14.

A.8At what level does [EA] Softcore 1 operate in terms of players?

The current population of [EA] Softcore 1 is 14, drawn from 350 slots. Averaged over the last seven days: 69 players; the same period peaks at 180. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 12:00 UTC, with an average of 156 players.

Tags, lists

A.9Who is responsible for running [EA] Softcore 1?

A playrust.com hostname is published by [EA] Softcore 1; 124 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10How should the tags on [EA] Softcore 1 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): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp350 (Max players): It offers 350 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^t (Tutorial on): The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags, which [EA] Softcore 1 publishes as its tags. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.11Where can [EA] Softcore 1 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that [EA] Softcore 1 fits are: Rust servers with the tutorial tag and Official Rust servers. These filters on the server list return it: 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.12Which settings and rules are in force on [EA] Softcore 1?

Its name carries no gather rate for [EA] Softcore 1. The group limit is 4 players, under quad. softcore is the game mode here; An easier Facepunch mode, in which part of your loot is kept. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The in-game Official tab lists it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13What is the map for [EA] Softcore 1?

The game generates [EA] Softcore 1's procedural map at size 4,500, from seed 683744944. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

How to join

A.14What steps are required to join [EA] Softcore 1?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 43.239.138.85:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
On Rust Statistics
officialRun 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
gmsoftcoreGame mode. Softcore rules apply, an easier set.
mp350Max players. It offers 350 slots.
ts4Group limit. Teams are capped at 4.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Gameplay
^tTutorial on. The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here.
Other
sc2Custom tag. The owner or a plugin set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags.

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. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Tutorial island servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Official servers live. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Predicted wipe schedule. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.