The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 340Acc. 2026.0340
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 79.137.98.23:28015 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 Oct17:41 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 07:10 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:41 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 323
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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. 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 7d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 11hThu 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 323, 25 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 #19 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, lists
Who runs [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?
A playrust.com hostname is published by [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 and by 124 other servers we track, which points to the same operator.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 mean?
You can see the tags [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 publishes, read by the game's server browser: 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; mp400 (Max players): 400 slots are set on this server; ts4 (Group limit): A team may hold no more than 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 server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not a standard Rust one. 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 1?
The Rust Server History lists that feature [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 are: Rust tutorial servers: the record, European Rust servers and Official Rust servers: the record. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
Server record
Does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 134 server fps, with 94 the lowest. As many as 363,447 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. The highest memory use was 10,348 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and a climbing entity count.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 run?
The recorded build for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 online, and how reliable is it?
At this moment [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 is online. About 18 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged by the uptime it reports. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were up: 99% of the time. First seen by Rust Server History on 13 September 2026.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 located?
No region tag is published by [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1, 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 79.137.98.23:28015.
Wipe record
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?
323 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. At 25 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 wipes with the force wipe, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 13 hours ago its current world was made. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 at #340, among the top 2% of all ranked servers. Ranked against other quad servers, it stands at #19.
How busy is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?
Against 400 slots, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 records 23 players right now. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 52 players and a peak of 145. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 19:00 UTC, averaging 108 players.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?
The name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 carries no gather rate. A group may hold 4 players at most (quad). Under game mode, the entry reads softcore, Part of your loot stays with you in this easier Facepunch mode. PvP and raiding are enabled. Rust's in-game Official tab carries this entry. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 run?
Seed 1936951902, size 4,500: such is the procedural map [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1 runs, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
How to join
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1?
Entering client.connect 79.137.98.23:28015 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.