SoftNet
Online EU 85.49.251.3:28015 checked 11m 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 7 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 37% of all ranked servers, top 73% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 13h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Server tags
Who runs SoftNet?
SoftNet publishes a sftn.eu hostname, and 1 other server we track does too, so the same operator most likely runs them.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include SoftNet?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include SoftNet: Rust tutorial servers, European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on SoftNet mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from SoftNet: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; 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): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available for new players here; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does SoftNet rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, SoftNet sits at #8,279, inside the top 37% of ranked servers and at #2,126 in Europe.
How many players are on SoftNet right now?
0 players are on SoftNet at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 00:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server details
Is SoftNet online, and how reliable is it?
SoftNet is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 8 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 7 October 2026.
Does SoftNet run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 67, and it never went below 23. Entities reached a maximum of 114,630: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,773 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is SoftNet located?
With its EU tag, SoftNet lists itself in Europe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 85.49.251.3:28015.
Which Rust version is SoftNet on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version SoftNet runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on SoftNet?
The estimate for the next wipe on SoftNet rests on the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. Its current world has been live for 26 days 3 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
Rules and settings
Which map does SoftNet run?
Generated by the game with seed 367222608, the map on SoftNet is procedural and 4,500 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on SoftNet?
The name of SoftNet says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join SoftNet?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 85.49.251.3:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.