[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small
79.137.98.21:28017 checked 7m ago
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 4% of all ranked servers, and #47 of the quad servers (top 6%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 21 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 21, 31 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 24 Sep, 11:47 UTC 20d ago | 21 | – | running | 15 |
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
Population
What is the rank of [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Rank #862 over the last seven days in player hours: [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small, inside the top 4% of ranked servers. In the quad category, its position is #47.
Is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small busy?
1 of 250 slots are filled on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small at the moment. The average player count over the last seven days is 16, with a peak of 57. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 29 players.
Tags & Lists
What is the meaning of the tags on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small publishes are: 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; mp250 (Max players): The server has 250 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: join only if your game matches this version; cs167916 (Build): Build 167916; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^m (Monthly): Wipe cycle: monthly, with the force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is enabled for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, set by the owner or a plugin. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small operator: who is it?
Both [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small and 124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname, so they are most likely run by the same operator.
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small are: Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in Europe and Official Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that bring it up are: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
Server Overview
What Rust version is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167916 on Windows is what [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small uses. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
How smooth is the performance on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
For the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 115, never dropping below 72. It held up to 140,320 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. The maximum memory used was 4,496 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small uptime and reliability: what are they?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small is currently online. About 17 hours ago is when it last restarted, based on its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small location: where is it?
Without a region tag, [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small's name points to Europe. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. You can reach it at 79.137.98.21:28017.
Rules and Settings
Which map is used on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Generated by the game, the map on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small is procedural, size 3,750, seed 714955012. The map can be viewed on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed fix it.
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small rules and settings: what are they?
The name [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small carries no gather multiplier. Listed group: quad, capped at 4 players. Listed as softcore, Facepunch's mode for easier play: part of your loot is kept. Raids and PvP are on. Rust's Official tab includes this server. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Information
When does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small wipe?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small wipes at the monthly force wipe only. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its world dates from 20 days 16 hours. The tags declare wipes once a month.
What happens on wipe day on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
An average peak of 21 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 31 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
How to Join
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small joining: how is it done?
Enter client.connect 79.137.98.21:28017 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs167916,sc2,ts4
On BestRustServers.xyz
- 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.
mp250- Max players The server has 250 slots.
ts4- Group limit Team size is capped at 4.
v2635- Protocol Protocol 2635: join only if your game matches this version.
cs167916- Build Build 167916.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code not set.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Wipe cycle: monthly, with the force wipe.
Gameplay
^t- Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is enabled for new players.
Other
sc2- Custom tag A non-standard tag, set by the owner or a plugin.
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.