The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 10,290Acc. 2026.10290
| VF | Softcore | PvP |
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 104.129.133.41:28049 checked 10m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 1 Oct20:20 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 28 Oct 2026, 02:30 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202620:20 UTC FW26d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 20 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 46% of all ranked servers, and #504 of the quad servers (top 61%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags and filters
What do the server tags on | VF | Softcore | PvP | mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by | VF | Softcore | PvP |: gmsoftcore (Game mode): This server runs softcore, the easier ruleset; mp40 (Max players): Slot count: 40; ts4 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Softcore, Facepunch's easier mode, returns part of your inventory on death; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon here; ^q (Premium): Rust premium status is needed to join. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include | VF | Softcore | PvP |?
These Rust Server History lists include | VF | Softcore | PvP |: Rust community servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Softcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s, Premium ^q and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
The record
Does | VF | Softcore | PvP | run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 29 server fps; the low was 12. As many as 123,604 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. The highest memory use was 3,937 MB. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does | VF | Softcore | PvP | run?
On Linux, | VF | Softcore | PvP | runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is | VF | Softcore | PvP | online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows | VF | Softcore | PvP | online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 18 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time, over the last 7 full days. First seen by Rust Server History on 13 September 2026.
Where is | VF | Softcore | PvP | located?
You will find no region published by | VF | Softcore | PvP |. Rust Server History does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 104.129.133.41:28049.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on | VF | Softcore | PvP |?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. At 20 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on | VF | Softcore | PvP |?
Once a month | VF | Softcore | PvP | wipes, 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. 26 days 6 hours ago its current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Population
How does | VF | Softcore | PvP | rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place | VF | Softcore | PvP | at #10,290, among the top 46% of all ranked servers. Ranked against other quad servers, it stands at #504.
How busy is | VF | Softcore | PvP |?
Against 40 slots, | VF | Softcore | PvP | records 0 players right now. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on | VF | Softcore | PvP |?
The name of | VF | Softcore | PvP | carries no gather rate. A group may hold 4 players at most (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's gentler mode, where you retain some loot. You may fight and raid other players. Under Community in the server browser, this community server is listed. Plugins in use: Carbon. Rust premium status is needed to join. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does | VF | Softcore | PvP | run?
Seed 101042635, size 4,500: such is the procedural map | VF | Softcore | PvP | runs, generated by the game. One size and seed produce one map, which RustMaps can show you from this page.
How to join
How do I join | VF | Softcore | PvP |?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 104.129.133.41:28049 to connect. Launch Rust from this page instead and you join through Steam with the connect already made. Rust premium status is needed to join. https://discord.com/invite/VanillaFudge is where its website is.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^y,^m,^s,gmsoftcore,cs168909,^q,ts4
Game
gmsoftcore
mp40
ts4
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^s
Mods and access
^y
^q
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.