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[US] Facepunch Softcore 2

Online 148.113.198.11:28020 checked 6m ago

official quad monthly wipes softcore
Sp1 · players now 38/ 300
13% full
Li1 · players, the last 48 hours · hourly average, UTCpeak 92°
Tue 16:00flare: a wipe in that hourThu 13:00
59
7-day average
peak 157
#303
rank
top 1%
27d ago
last wipe
monthly schedule
7d 3h
next wipe
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
UTC checked 6m ago

Li2Players

AveragePeak
025507510016:0001:0010:0019:0004:0013:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Li3Server performance

05010015020016:0001:0010:0019:0004:0013:00

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.

Li4Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 1% of all ranked servers, and #16 of the quad servers (top 2%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Bx1Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence

147
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 3h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 3h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

050100150200+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 147, 7 hours in.

Bx2Wipes

newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:41 UTC FW27d ago 147 – running 17

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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1 / 100
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NA · quad · monthly · 12 on average
8 / 200
RustForNoobs.com | Solo Duo Trio Quad | Monthly | US
NA · quad · monthly · 3 on average
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LogQuick answers

from the figures on this page

Wipe day

What does wipe day look like on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Its recent wipes drew an average peak of 147 players. The crowd on the latest wipe reached its peak 7 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

The only wipe on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; that is its next wipe. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 21 hours ago. Its tags state a wipe each month.

Population

How busy is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

[US] Facepunch Softcore 2 currently has 38 of its 300 slots filled. Averaged over the past week: 59 players, peaking at 157. Look at 23:00 UTC for the last 48 hours: that hour averaged 87 players.

How does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 rank against other Rust servers?

The top 1% of ranked servers includes [US] Facepunch Softcore 2, at #303 for player hours over the last seven days. The quad group puts it at #16.

Settings and rules

Which map does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1750336523, generated by the game, runs on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed give the same map.

What are the rules and settings on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

No gather rate appears in the name [US] Facepunch Softcore 2. A group can have at most 4 players (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's softer mode: you keep some of what you had. Players can fight each other, and raids are allowed. The in-game Official tab lists it. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.

Location and uptime

Which version of Rust does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 runs, on Windows. To join, your game must match the protocol; Steam handles the update.

Is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 online, and how reliable is it?

Online now: [US] Facepunch Softcore 2. Its reported uptime dates the last restart to about 1 hours ago. 167 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, which is 99%. The first record of it on Rust Heatmap is 13 September 2026.

Where is [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 located?

No region tag comes from [US] Facepunch Softcore 2, but its name points to North America. Rust Heatmap shows the location a server states. It does not look up the machine's location. 148.113.198.11:28020 is its address.

Does [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 run smoothly?

Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 84; it never dropped below 38. Entities peaked at 354,930, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest of the world. The highest memory use was 10,562 MB. What players call lag is low fps together with a growing entity count.

Tags

Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

The Rust Heatmap lists that [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 fits are: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers and North America server heatmap. You will find it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; 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: 50+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

What do the server tags on [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 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 ruleset is softcore, the easier one; mp300 (Max players): This server has 300 slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds no more than 4; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must match protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe marks the monthly wipe here; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): This is not a standard Rust tag: a plugin or the owner set it are the tags [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 publishes, and the server browser reads them. Players now, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags as well and appear at the top of this page.

Who runs [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname too, so one operator most likely runs them all with [US] Facepunch Softcore 2.

How to join

How do I join [US] Facepunch Softcore 2?

Enter client.connect 148.113.198.11:28020 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you.

KeyServer tags

what each one means

Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,sc2,ts4

On Rust Heatmap

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 The ruleset is softcore, the easier one.
mp300
Max players This server has 300 slots.
ts4
Group limit A team holds no more than 4.
v2635
Protocol Your game must match protocol 2635 to get in.
cs168909
Build The game build here is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Facepunch's force wipe marks the monthly wipe here.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players.

Other

sc2
Custom tag This is not a standard Rust tag: a plugin or the owner set it.

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.