RS-862Official server
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small
Online 79.137.98.21:28017 checked 11m 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 13h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- T− 21d 13hThu 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 UTC20d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Population
What is the typical player count on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small is showing 4 players on 250 slots right now. Its seven-day average is 16 players, with a peak of 57. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 17:00 UTC, with an average of 29 players.
What is the ranking of [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Ranked #862 on seven-day player hours, [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small is in the top 4% of all ranked servers. In the quad category, it ranks #47.
Server tags and lists
Where does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small appear among the Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
On these Top Rust Servers lists you will find [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small: Rust tutorial servers, Best EU Rust servers and Top ranked Rust servers. These are the filters that bring it up 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; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
What is the meaning of the tags on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Published by [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small for the game's server browser to read: 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 mode is softcore, which is easier; mp250 (Max players): There are 250 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635 is required to join; your game must be on the same version; cs167916 (Build): Running game build 167916; ptrak (Networking): This uses RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, coinciding with Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): A custom tag, set by the owner or a plugin, not by Facepunch. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made, taken from the tags.
Who operates [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small and 124 other servers we track all publish a playrust.com hostname, which points to the same operator.
Settings and map
Which map is running on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small runs a procedural map of size 3,750 with seed 714955012, generated by the game. The map can be seen on RustMaps from this page, as identical size and seed yield the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
No gather rate is given in the name [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small. Up to 4 players are allowed per group (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's softer mode: you retain some loot. Player versus player combat and raiding are enabled. The in-game Official tab lists this server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
What is the Rust version on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small uses Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167916 with Windows as its system. Your game needs the same protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small lag-free?
The last 48 hours saw it average 116 server fps, never going under 72. At its peak, it held 139,760 entities: everything from buildings to deployables and more. Memory usage peaked at 4,496 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and entities increase.
What is the server location for [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Its name points to Europe, but [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small publishes no region tag. What Top Rust Servers shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. You reach it at 79.137.98.21:28017.
How reliable is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small is online at the moment. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 17 hours ago. It spent 168 of the last 168 hours online across 7 days, giving 100% uptime. It was first observed by Top Rust Servers on 13 September 2026.
Wipe schedule
What happens on wipe day on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Across recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 21 players. 31 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
On what schedule does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small wipe?
With the force wipe, [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small resets once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC will be its next wipe, and it affects all Rust servers. The world it is running now dates from 20 days 17 hours ago. Its tags indicate wipes happen each month.
Connection
What are the steps to join [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?
Use the console: open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.137.98.21:28017. Or simply click Launch Rust here; it opens the game through Steam and connects you.