The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 259Acc. 2026.0259
[EA] Softcore 1
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 43.239.138.85:28015 checked 9m 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 Oct17:40 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 27 Oct 2026, 21:06 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:40 UTC FW26d ago
- Peak
- 293
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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. 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 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 21hThu 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 293, 44 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 1% of all ranked servers, and #14 of the quad servers (top 2%). 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
Who runs [EA] Softcore 1?
[EA] Softcore 1 and 124 other servers we track share a playrust.com hostname, so the same operator most likely runs them.
What do the server tags on [EA] Softcore 1 mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by [EA] 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): An easier ruleset, softcore, applies here; mp350 (Max players): Slot count: 350; ts4 (Group limit): A team may hold no more than 4; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is outside the standard Rust set. 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 [EA] Softcore 1?
The Rust Server History lists that feature [EA] Softcore 1 are: Rust tutorial servers: the record and Official Rust servers: the record. It appears under these filters on the server list: 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.
The record
Does [EA] Softcore 1 run smoothly?
68 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, never below 27. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 362,355 entities. Memory use peaked at 79,795 MB. Players feel lag when fps drop and the entity count climbs.
Which version of Rust does [EA] Softcore 1 run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build [EA] Softcore 1 runs, on Windows. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is [EA] Softcore 1 online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows [EA] Softcore 1 online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 14 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time, over the last 7 full days. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is [EA] Softcore 1 located?
There is no region published by [EA] Softcore 1. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You will find it at 43.239.138.85:28015.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on [EA] Softcore 1?
293 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. At 44 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on [EA] Softcore 1?
[EA] Softcore 1 wipes with the force wipe, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Made 26 days 3 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Player record
How does [EA] Softcore 1 rank against other Rust servers?
Over seven days of player hours, [EA] Softcore 1 ranks #259, inside the top 1% of all ranked servers. Within its group of quad servers, this entry ranks #14.
How busy is [EA] Softcore 1?
Against 350 slots, [EA] Softcore 1 records 22 players right now. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 69 players and a peak of 180. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 12:00 UTC, averaging 156 players.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on [EA] Softcore 1?
No gather rate is stated in the name of [EA] Softcore 1. You may join a group of up to 4 players (quad). Under game mode, the entry reads softcore, Facepunch's gentler mode, where you retain some loot. PvP and raiding are enabled. It appears in Rust's Official tab in game. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does [EA] Softcore 1 run?
Seed 683744944, size 4,500: such is the procedural map [EA] Softcore 1 runs, generated by the game. One size and seed produce one map, which RustMaps can show you from this page.
Join record
How do I join [EA] Softcore 1?
Enter client.connect 43.239.138.85:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4
On Rust Server History
Game
gmsoftcore
mp350
ts4
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^t
Other
sc2
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.