The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 402Acc. 2026.0402
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 79.137.98.12:28015 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 Oct17:44 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 27 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:44 UTC FW25d ago
- Peak
- 140
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 17
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 9d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 9d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 37d 3hThu 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 140, 47 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 2% of all ranked servers, and #23 of the quad servers (top 3%). 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, lists
Who runs [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
A playrust.com hostname is published by [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 and by 124 other servers we track, which points to the same operator.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 mean?
These tags from [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2, read by the game's server browser, are: 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 one; mp400 (Max players): 400 slots are set on this server; ts4 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): Standard Rust does not define this tag; the owner or a plugin added it. 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
These Rust Server History lists include [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2: Rust tutorial servers: the record, European Rust servers and Official Rust servers: the record. It appears under these filters on the server list: 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: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Server record
Does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 162 server fps, with 89 the lowest. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 273,796 entities. The highest memory use was 9,299 MB. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?
The recorded build for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 online, and how reliable is it?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 is listed as online now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 2 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were up: 100% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 located?
No region tag is published by [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2, but its name points to Europe. Rust Server History does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You will find it at 79.137.98.12:28015.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 140 players. On the latest wipe, 47 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
The force wipe is the only wipe on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. Made 25 days 21 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Player record
How does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 rank against other Rust servers?
Over seven days of player hours, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 ranks #402, inside the top 2% of all ranked servers. Within its group of quad servers, this entry ranks #23.
How busy is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
41 players are on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 at present, from 400 slots. A seven-day average of 40 players is recorded, with a peak of 126. An average of 119 players at 17:00 UTC made that the busiest hour of the last 48.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
No gather rate is stated in the name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2. A group may hold 4 players at most (quad). softcore is the game mode, Part of your loot stays with you in this easier Facepunch mode. You may fight and raid other players. The in-game Official tab of Rust lists it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?
Seed 872935069, size 4,500: such is the procedural map [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 runs, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
Join record
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?
Entering client.connect 79.137.98.12:28015 in the console (F1) connects you to this server. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same: it opens the game via Steam and connects on your behalf.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4
On Rust Server History
Game
gmsoftcore
mp400
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.