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[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3

Online, with 63 of 400 players on; ranked #398 of every public Rust server, the top 2%. It last wiped 25d ago.

Filed under official quad monthly wipes softcore
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The server's own banner, as it publishes it.
63/ 400 players now 16% full
417-day averagepeak 112
#398ranktop 2%
25d agolast wipemonthly schedule
9d 1hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.

AveragePeak
05010015020018:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.

010020030040018:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

Note: 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.

The standings

Rank

Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.

RankRank in region
120040060080020 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Note: Top 2% of all ranked servers, and #21 of the quad servers (top 3%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Force wipes only.

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 9d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

139 wipe-day peak players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  1. 9d 1hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 37d 1hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe

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

Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 139, 47 hours in.

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW25d ago 139 – running 35

Note: 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.

If you like this one

Similar servers

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

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  3. Rusticulous (EU) Solo Beginner friendly, low decay, monthly wipEU · quad · monthly · 3 on average6/125
  4. RustForNoobs.com | Main | Softcore Monthly | No BP Wipe | EUEU · quad · monthly · 2 on average4/100
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The short version

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe days

What should you expect on wipe day at [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

Recent wipes peaked at 139 players on average. The peak crowd on this wipe came 47 hours after it started.

How often does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 wipe, and on which day?

The only wipe on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. This world dates from 25 days 23 hours ago. The tags put wipes at monthly.

Server

Does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 hold a steady frame rate?

Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 158, with a floor of 86. At its highest the entity count reached 289,246: buildings, deployables and everything else. It drew as much as 8,928 MB of memory. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

What Rust version is live on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 runs. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.

How reliable is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3, and is it up at the moment?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is currently reachable and online. About 3 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged from the uptime it reports. It spent 168 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 100% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 13 September 2026.

In which location does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 sit?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 points to Europe, even though no region tag is published. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. Connect through 79.137.98.22:28015.

Lists and tags

How should you read the tags listed for [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

The tags 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, which is easier; mp400 (Max players): It holds 400 slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds 4 players at most; v2635 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes monthly, together with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is open to new players on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags are what [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 publishes, and the server browser in the game reads them. You will find the present player count, the queue and the world's creation time among the tags, and they are displayed at the top of this page.

Who is behind [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 and 124 other servers we track all publish a playrust.com hostname, so the same operator most likely runs them.

Where does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 appears among the following Rust Insights lists: Rust servers running the tutorial, Rust servers in Europe and Official Rust servers, listed. On the server list, the filters that surface it are 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 50; Average players: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Population history

How many players are on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 right now?

[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 shows 63 players at the moment, against 400 slots. The seven-day average is 41 players, and the highest point in that week was 112. The busiest point of the last 48 hours fell at 18:00 UTC, averaging 108 players.

In the ranking of Rust servers, where does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 place?

On player hours for the last seven days, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 sits at #398, inside the top 2% of ranked servers. Within its quad group, the position is #21.

Settings and rules

What settings and rules apply on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 does not state a gather rate. Groups are capped at 4 players under the name quad. softcore is the game mode, The easier mode from Facepunch, keeping part of your loot. Players may raid and fight one another. It appears under Official in the game's server list. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.

What is the map on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

Size 4,500 and seed 1478860386 define the procedural map on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map.

Connecting

What is the way to join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?

Type client.connect 79.137.98.22:28015 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4

On Rust Insights

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 ruleset is softcore, which is easier.
mp400
Max players It holds 400 slots.
ts4
Group limit A team holds 4 players at most.
v2635
Protocol Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default.
$r?
Region code The region code field is empty.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes monthly, together with the force wipe from Facepunch.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is open to new players on this server.

Other

sc2
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags.

Note: 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.