[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3
Online 79.137.98.22:28015 checked 14m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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
Top 2% of all ranked servers, and #24 of the quad servers (top 3%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 139, 47 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW27d ago | 139 | – | running | 35 |
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Who runs [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 and 124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname, which points to one operator behind them.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3: Rust tutorial servers, European Rust servers, live and Official Rust servers, watched. These are the filters that list it 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: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 mean?
These are the tags [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 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; mp400 (Max players): It has 400 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to 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. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 at #448, in the top 2% of all ranked servers. Within the quad category, it sits at #24.
How many players are on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 right now?
The current tally at [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3: 28 players across 400 slots. Peak for the week was 112, against an average of 39 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 18:00 UTC, averaging 83 players.
Server facts
Is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 online, and how reliable is it?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is live at the moment. About 20 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 177 server fps, with a low of 127. The world carried as many as 272,560 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 7,974 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 located?
No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3, but its name points to Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 79.137.98.22:28015.
Which Rust version is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 on?
On Windows, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 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 [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 139 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 47 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
Wipes on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 27 days 16 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Map and rules
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run?
The procedural map on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 1478860386. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
No gather rate appears in the name of [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). It runs softcore, Facepunch's easier setting, with part of your loot kept. Players can raid and fight one another. It sits in the Official tab in game. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.137.98.22:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.