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[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2

Online 79.137.98.12:28015 checked 7m ago

official quad monthly wipes softcore
players now120of 400 slots
7-day average65peak 180
rank#318top 1%
last wipe · restocked11d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock23d 1hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
05010015020018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

05010015020018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

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

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
120040060080020 Sep25 Sep29 Sep4 Oct8 Oct13 Oct

Top 1% of all ranked servers, and #20 of the quad servers (top 2%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 23d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

140wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  1. 23d 1hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

050100150200+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 140, 47 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:44 UTC FW11d ago 140 – running 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.

Also on the shelf

Similar servers

The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

On the back of the pack

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Can you explain the tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?

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): Softcore rules, which are gentler; mp400 (Max players): 400 player slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds 4 at most; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): This is where new players can take Facepunch's tutorial; sc2 (Custom tag): A custom tag, added by the owner or through a plugin, not by the game is what [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.

Who operates [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?

With 124 other servers we track using the same playrust.com hostname, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 is most likely run by one operator.

Where does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?

The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 are: Rust tutorial servers, EU Rust servers in stock and Official Rust servers in stock. These filters bring it up 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Players now: At least 100; Average players: 50+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and rules

Which map is currently on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 872935069, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What rules does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 enforce, and what settings does it run?

There is no gather rate in the name [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2. quad groups are capped at 4 players. This server runs softcore, Facepunch's easier option, with part of your loot kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Rust's Official tab in-game lists it. VAC is on.

Server details

What location is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 in?

No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2, but the name suggests Europe. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. You can reach it at 79.137.98.12:28015.

How stable is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2, and is it currently online?

Open for trade right now: [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 is online. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 5 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.

How well does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 perform?

The 48-hour average for server fps is 140, and the floor was 50. Up to 325,056 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. The highest memory reading was 9,809 MB. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.

Which Rust build is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 running?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what powers [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.

Population

What is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2's rank among Rust servers?

Over the last seven days [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 ranks #318 on player hours, among the top 1% of all ranked servers. In the quad category, it holds #20.

What is the current player count on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 is carrying 120 players on 400 slots at the moment. The seven-day average stands at 65 players, peaking at 180. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 18:00 UTC, averaging 140 players.

Wipe schedule

When does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 wipe?

The force wipe is the only wipe at [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it has now started 11 days 23 hours ago. Wipes once a month are what its tags show.

What can you expect on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2 when wipe day comes?

An average of 140 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. On the latest wipe, 47 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.

How to join

What steps do you take to join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 79.137.98.12:28015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs167781,sc2,ts4

On Rust Vending Machine

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 Softcore rules, which are gentler.
mp400
Max players 400 player slots.
ts4
Group limit A team holds 4 at most.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on This is where new players can take Facepunch's tutorial.

Other

sc2
Custom tag A custom tag, added by the owner or through a plugin, not by the game.

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.