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[US] Facepunch Softcore 2

Online 148.113.198.11:28020 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 20/ 300 slots 7% full −7−26%against this time yesterday
7-day average59peak 157
Rank#302top 1%
Region–no continent published · group quad
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
025507510013:0022:0007:0016:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020013:0022:0007:0016:0002:0011:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 1% of all ranked servers, and #16 of the quad servers (top 2%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence

147
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 6hThu 3 Dec, 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 147, 7 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:41 UTC FW27d ago 147 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Who runs [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

A playrust.com hostname is published by [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 and by 124 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

You'll find [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers, watched and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; 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.

What do the server tags on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 mean?

These are the tags [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 publishes for the 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; mp300 (Max players): There are 300 slots; ts4 (Group limit): No team can exceed 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is on offer for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #302 puts [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 in the top 1% of all ranked servers. Within the quad category, it sits at #16.

How many players are on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 right now?

The current tally at [US] Facepunch Softcore 2: 20 players across 300 slots. Peak for the week was 157, against an average of 59 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 23:00 UTC, averaging 87 players.

Server details

Is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 online, and how reliable is it?

[US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 23 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 83, with 38 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 357,409 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 10,562 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 located?

Its name points to North America, although [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 publishes no region tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 148.113.198.11:28020.

Which Rust version is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 on?

On Windows, [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 147 players. 7 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

[US] Facepunch Softcore 2 wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 18 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Rules and settings

Which map does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?

Generated by the game with seed 1750336523, the map on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is procedural and 4,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

The name of [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 says nothing about gather rate. A group can hold 4 players at most (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's easier setting, with part of your loot kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Look in Rust's in-game Official tab and it is there. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Enter client.connect 148.113.198.11:28020 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4

On Rust Pop Watch

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 An easier ruleset, softcore.
mp300
Max players There are 300 slots.
ts4
Group limit No team can exceed 4 players.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is on offer for new players.

Other

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

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.