A128/ 100 players
Official#850
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small
Online 79.137.98.21:28017 checked 10m ago
players now25of 250 slots
7-day average16peak 57
rank#850top 4%
last wipe · restocked20d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock21d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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 bestRankRank in region
Top 4% of all ranked servers, and #47 of the quad servers (top 6%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence
21wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 21, 31 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 24 Sep, 11:47 UTC20d ago | 21 | – | running | 15 |
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
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
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 softer softcore ruleset; mp250 (Max players): The cap is 250; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds 4 at most; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: your game must match to get in; cs167916 (Build): Build 167916; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^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 Staging Softcore Small tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
Who is behind [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
The playrust.com hostname [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small uses is also published by 124 other servers we track, pointing to a single operator.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small 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; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small runs a procedural map of size 3,750 with seed 714955012, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
No gather rate is given in the name of [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small. You can have 4 players at most in a quad group. This server runs softcore, Facepunch's easier option, with part of your loot kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is in the Official tab of Rust's in-game browser. VAC is on.
Server details
Where can you find [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small, but the name suggests Europe. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. Find it at this address: 79.137.98.21:28017.
How stable is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small, and is it currently online?
Open for trade right now: [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small is online. The uptime counter points to a restart about 7 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 100% uptime. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
What is the performance like on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 110, with a low of 70. At its peak it held 142,559 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. At most it drew 4,496 MB of memory. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
What version does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167916 on Windows is what powers [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Player count
How does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small ranks #850 on player hours, among the top 4% of all ranked servers. It ranks #47 among quad servers.
What is the current player count on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
You will find 25 players filling 250 slots in [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small as things stand. The seven-day average stands at 16 players, peaking at 57. The last 48 hours peaked at 17:00 UTC, when it averaged 29 players.
Wipe info
On what schedule does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small wipe?
Once a month, [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small wipes with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe, which is its next wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 20 days 7 hours ago it made the world it is using now. Wipes once a month are what its tags show.
How does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small handle wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 21 players. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 31 hours after the wipe.
How to join
What steps do you take to join [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 79.137.98.21:28017. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs167916,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 The softer softcore ruleset.
mp250
Max players The cap is 250.
ts4
Group limit A team holds 4 at most.
v2635
Protocol Protocol 2635: your game must match to get in.
cs167916
Build Build 167916.
ptrak
Networking This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.
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.