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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3, reached at 79.137.98.22:28015. At the last check it held 9 of 400 places, against a seven-day mean of 39 and a peak of 1121. It ranks #423 of all servers, the top 2%. 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.
MeasureValueNote
Players now9/4002% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean39peak 112, 48 h peak 88
Rank2#423top 2%
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 18hThu 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
025507510001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00
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
010020030040001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00
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 2% of all ranked servers, and #24 of the quad servers (top 3%). Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 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 7d 18h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak139players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 18hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 18hforce wipefw
050100150200+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 139, 47 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40fw27d ago 139 – running 35

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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 1478860386. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address79.137.98.22:28015
Region–
Max players400
Group limitquad
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC
Hostnamenew__eusoft3.playrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed1478860386

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 1online116/400
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1online90/400
[US] Facepunch Softcore 1online89/300
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1online88/350
[US] Facepunch Softcore 2online74/300
[EU East] Facepunch 5online47/350
[EU East] Facepunch 4online44/350
[US East] Facepunch Primitive 1online30/400

8Similar servers

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

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
[RU] Friendly Rust – Vanilla Softcore | 2x2 РусскийEU · quad · monthly · 7 on average0/100
[EU] The Rusters | Friendly | Low UpkeepEU · quad · monthly · 4 on average3/100
Rusticulous (EU) Solo Beginner friendly, low decay, monthly wipEU · quad · monthly · 3 on average3/125
RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EUEU · quad · monthly · 2 on average2/100
EU | RustyHost Noob Friendly - Solo/DuoEU · quad · monthly · 1 on average0/50
EU SoftCore ServerEU · quad · monthly · 1 on average3/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 perform well?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 175, with a minimum of 127. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 276,021 entities. The peak memory usage was 8,298 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2What location does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 have?

Without a region tag from [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3, its name still points to Europe. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 79.137.98.22:28015 is its address.

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

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is currently online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 11 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 86%, with 144 of 168 hours online. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 13 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 wipe?

The only wipe for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is the monthly 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 world currently in use was created 27 days 7 hours ago. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6What happens on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 when wipe day arrives?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 139 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 47 hours after it began.

Population

A.7What is the rank of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 at #423, within the top 2% of ranked servers. It ranks #24 among servers in the quad group.

A.8At what level does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 operate in terms of players?

The current population of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is 9, drawn from 400 slots. Averaged over the last seven days: 39 players; the same period peaks at 112. Averaging 83 players, 18:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags, lists

A.9By whom is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 operated?

The same operator most likely runs [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 and 124 other servers we track, since both publish a playrust.com hostname.

A.10What do the tags associated with [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 signify?

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: an easier game; mp400 (Max players): 400 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the maximum team size; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $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): A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or a plugin: these are the tags [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 publishes, and the server browser reads them. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.11Where can [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 fits are: Rust servers with the tutorial tag, European Rust servers and Official Rust servers. These filters on the server list return it: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Average players: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and map

A.12Which settings and rules are in force on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

No gather rate appears in the name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3. A maximum of 4 players per group applies, as quad. Listed as softcore, the game mode is Part of your loot is kept: that is the easier mode Facepunch provides. Players may raid and fight one another. Official, in the game's own tab, includes this server. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13What is the map for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

The game generates [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3's procedural map at size 4,500, from seed 1478860386. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

Connection

A.14What is the process for joining [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

Enter client.connect 79.137.98.22:28015 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 mp400,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. The ruleset is softcore: an easier game.
mp400Max players. 400 slots are available.
ts4Group limit. 4 is the maximum team size.
v2635Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Gameplay
^tTutorial on. The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here.
Other
sc2Custom tag. A non-standard tag, applied by the owner or 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. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. European rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Rust tutorial servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Official Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.