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Celebrity profile · OC

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore

Online OC 51.161.198.57:28015 checked 12m ago

official quad monthly wipes oxidesoftcore
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Vital stats

Players now 51/ 150 slots 34% full +2+5%against this time yesterday
7-day average33peak 79
Rank#509top 2% · #11 in OC
RegionOCOC · group quad
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
02040608012:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 2% of all ranked servers, top 5% in OC, and #27 of the quad servers (top 3%). 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 7h. The force wipe · high confidence

129
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 7hThu 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 129, 40 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:04 UTC FW27d ago 129 – 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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?

The same operator most likely runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore and 16 other servers we track, since all publish a rplayrust.com hostname.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore: Oceania Rust servers, live and Official Rust servers, watched. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 50; Average players: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore mean?

These are the tags Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore 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): Softcore rules make it easier; mp150 (Max players): It has 150 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams cap at 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; OC (Oceania): The server browser lists it under Oceania; rustmaps (Custom tag): Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore sits at #509, inside the top 2% of ranked servers and at #11 in Oceania. It comes in at #27 among quad servers.

How many players are on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore right now?

51 players are on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore at the moment, out of 150 slots. Averaging 33 players across seven days, it topped out at 79. Look at 09:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 54 players on average.

Server facts

Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 15 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30, and it never went below 22. Entities reached a maximum of 277,718: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 6,776 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore located?

With its OC tag, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore lists itself in Oceania. 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 51.161.198.57:28015.

Which Rust version is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 129 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 40 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?

Wipes on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore come once a month, alongside the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 17 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore run?

The custom map on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore measures 4,000, and its published file can be downloaded from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore. A group can hold 4 players at most (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's easier setting, with part of your loot kept. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Look in Rust's in-game Official tab and it is there. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 51.161.198.57:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://redditplayrust.com/login.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,OC,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4,^o,rustmaps

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 Softcore rules make it easier.
mp150
Max players It has 150 slots.
ts4
Group limit Teams cap at 4 players.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.

Region

OC
Oceania The server browser lists it under Oceania.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it.

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.