Players
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3
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 #22 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 9d 0h. 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 FW26d 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.
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Quick answers
About the server
Is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 online, and how reliable is it?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is up as you read this. About 5 hours ago is when it last restarted, to go by the uptime it reports. Of the past 7 full days it was running for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 13 September 2026.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 located?
Without a region tag, [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 still has a name that points to Europe. Where a server says it is — that's what Rust Charts shows, without checking the machine's real location. You'll find it at 79.137.98.22:28015.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run?
The build behind [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, hosted on Windows. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update.
Does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run smoothly?
Never under 86, and 159 server fps on average, is how the last 48 hours went. At its fullest it held 288,986 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. At most it took 8,928 MB of memory. Lag, as players experience it, is low fps plus entities piling up.
Who is on
How busy is [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 has 84 of its 400 slots filled right now. Seven-day figures: 40 players on average and 112 at the peak. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 104 players.
How does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 rank against other Rust servers?
The top 2% of ranked servers includes [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3, at #399 on player hours for the last week. #22 is where it sits in the quad group.
Wipes and resets
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 139 players. The crowd on the latest wipe hit its peak 47 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
Once a month is the whole of it: [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 wipes with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe lands, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 1 hours. The tags state a monthly wipe schedule.
How it is set up
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
The name [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 carries no gather rate. The group limit is 4 players, as stated in quad. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's gentler mode: some loot stays with you. You can fight and raid other players. You will find it in the Official tab in Rust. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 run?
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1478860386, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed produce the same map.
Tag guide
Who runs [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
The playrust.com hostname [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 uses is also published by 124 other tracked servers — they're most likely under one operator.
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
These Rust Charts lists include [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3: Rust tutorial servers, EU Rust servers and Official Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 mean?
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 softcore ruleset is in play, which is easier; mp400 (Max players): The server holds 400 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): This server reports build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed with the Facepunch force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial runs here for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this tag — that's the set of tags [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3 publishes for the server browser. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made. You'll find them at the top of this page.
How to join
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Softcore 3?
The console is behind F1 in Rust: enter client.connect 79.137.98.22:28015 there. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
