[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1, reached at 79.137.98.23:28015. At the last check it held 32 of 400 places, against a seven-day mean of 52 and a peak of 145¹. It ranks #340 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.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	32/400	8% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	52	peak 145, 48 h peak 115
Rank²	#340	top 2%
Last wipe	27d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	7d 10h	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 2% of all ranked servers, and #19 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 10h. The force wipe (high confidence).

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

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	323	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	7d 10h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	35d 10h	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 323, 25 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:41fw27d ago	323	–	running	52

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 1 — Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 1936951902. Open on RustMaps.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`79.137.98.23:28015`
Region	–
Max players	400
Group limit	quad
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	1 Oct 2026, 17:41 UTC
Hostname	new__eusoft1.playrust.com
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	4500
Seed	1936951902

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
[EA] Softcore 1	online	72/350
[EU] Facepunch 1	online	67/400
[EU East] Facepunch 4	online	59/350
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1	online	54/350
[EU East] Facepunch 5	online	38/350
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1	online	37/400
[EA] Facepunch 2	online	33/300
[EA] Facepunch 3	online	22/350

8Similar servers

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

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

Server	Players
[RU] Friendly Rust – Vanilla Softcore \| 2x2 РусскийEU · quad · monthly · 7 on average	3/100
[EU] The Rusters \| Friendly \| Low UpkeepEU · quad · monthly · 4 on average	0/100
Rusticulous (EU) Solo Beginner friendly, low decay, monthly wipEU · quad · monthly · 3 on average	1/125
RustForNoobs.com \| Main \| Softcore Monthly \| No BP Wipe \| EUEU · quad · monthly · 2 on average	0/100
EU \| RustyHost Noob Friendly - Solo/DuoEU · quad · monthly · 1 on average	2/50
EU SoftCore ServerEU · quad · monthly · 1 on average	0/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

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

The server fps averaged 134 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 94. Its entity count reached a maximum of 363,447, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Its highest memory usage was 10,348 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What is the location of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

No region tag is published by [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1, but its name points to Europe. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 79.137.98.23:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 is currently online. It last restarted around 19 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 99%, with 167 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 runs, on Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

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

The only wipe for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe occurs, and that is when every Rust server, including this one, next wipes. The current world has been running for 27 days 14 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.

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

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 323 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 25 hours after it began.

Population

A.7What position does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 holds #340, in the top 2% of all ranked servers. It ranks #19 among servers in the quad group.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

At this moment 32 players are on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1, which has 400 slots in total. Over the last week the count averages 52 players and reaches 145 at its height. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 19:00 UTC, averaging 108 players.

Tags and filters

A.9By whom is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 operated?

The same operator most likely runs [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 and 124 other servers we track, since both publish a playrust.com hostname.

A.10What is the meaning of the tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

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): Teams are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; 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): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin: these are the tags [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 publishes, and the server browser reads them. 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust servers with the tutorial tag, European Rust servers and Official Rust servers are the Rust Statistics lists that [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 fits. 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; 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

Its name carries no gather rate for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1. The group limit is 4 players, under quad. The mode is softcore, which means An easier Facepunch mode, in which part of your loot is kept. Players may raid and fight one another. The in-game Official tab lists it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13What map is in use on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

Size 4,500 and seed 1936951902 define the procedural, game-generated map on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.

How to join

A.14How do you connect to [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?

Enter client.connect 79.137.98.23:28015 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.

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. The ruleset is softcore: an easier game.
`mp400`	Max players. 400 slots are available.
`ts4`	Group limit. Teams are capped at 4.
`v2635`	Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
`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. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Gameplay
`^t`	Tutorial on. Facepunch's tutorial is available to new players on this server.
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. Eu rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Tutorial island servers. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Official Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.