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[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small

Online 79.137.98.21:28017 checked 5m ago

official quad monthly wipes softcore

Players now

Live
11of 250
Full
4%
In queue
0
Peak, 48 hours
23
Peak, 7 days
25

4% full

Tue 17:00Thu 15:00players each hour · 48 hours · UTC

Rank

#957

top 4%

7-day average

10

peak 25

Last wipe

6h ago

monthly schedule

Next wipe

7d 2h

Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeakWipe
01020304017:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 10:16 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
010020030040017:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 10:16 UTCWIPE

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

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12505007501k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 4% of all ranked servers, and #50 of the quad servers (top 6%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

34.9 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
21wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
100%crowd heldof its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

  • 7d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  • 35d 2hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 21, 31 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 10:16 UTC6h ago – – running 7
Thu 24 Sep, 11:47 UTC35d ago 21 – – 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

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    4/ 100
  3. 3 7/ 125
  4. 4 2/ 100
  5. 5
    EU | RustyHost Noob Friendly - Solo/DuoEU · quad · monthly · 1 on average
    0/ 50
  6. 6
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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

About

Is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small online, and how reliable is it?

[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small is up and taking players now. About 4 hours ago it restarted, judging by the uptime figure it gives. The last 7 full days show 99% uptime, with 167 hours up out of 168. Our records for it start on 13 September 2026, when Rust Dashboard first saw it.

Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small run?

Rust network protocol 2636 and build 169627 is running on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small, which sits on Windows. You need the same protocol as the server to join. Steam updates your game for you.

Where is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small located?

No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small, though the name points to Europe. The location shown at Rust Dashboard is the one the server states; no lookup of the machine's position happens. 79.137.98.21:28017 is where it lives.

Does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small run smoothly?

Server fps averaged 150 over the last 48 hours and never dropped below 107. The world held as many as 117,000 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,865 MB. A low fps figure and an entity count that keeps rising are what lag feels like to players.

Lists

Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?

These Rust Dashboard lists include [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small: Europe's Rust servers, live, Rust tutorial servers, live and Official Rust servers. These filters 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; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours; Players now: At least 10; Boxes: Official only.

Who runs [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?

[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small and 124 other servers we track both publish a playrust.com hostname, which points to the same operator in all likelihood.

What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small mean?

The browser in the game reads 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, which is easier; mp250 (Max players): 250 is the slot count; ts4 (Group limit): Each team holds no more than 4; v2636 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2636; your build has to match it to join; cs169627 (Build): The game build is 169627; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the standard network layer for the game, and it is what runs here; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Expect one wipe a month: it lands with the Facepunch force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): If you are new, you can begin with Facepunch's tutorial here; sc2 (Custom tag): You will not find this among the standard Rust tags: a plugin or the owner set it from [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small as its tags. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, and appear at the top of this page.

Player counts

How busy is [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?

[EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small has 11 of its 250 slots filled at the moment. Its seven-day average is 10 players, and it reached 25 at the highest. The busiest point in the last 48 hours was 13:00 UTC, averaging 19 players.

How does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over seven days put [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small at #957, in the top 4% of all ranked servers. Among servers of the quad type, it sits at #50.

Wipe days

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?

Its recent wipes averaged a peak of 21 players. On the latest wipe, 31 hours passed before the crowd peaked. Above half that peak until the next wipe: that held in 100% of recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?

Once a month [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small wipes, with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and that is its next wipe. The world it runs now dates from 6 hours ago. The tags carry a wipe schedule of once a month.

Map and rules

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?

You will not find a gather rate in the name of [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small. The limit is 4 players per group (quad). softcore is what it plays, Facepunch's easier setting: part of your loot is kept. Raids and player fights are part of the game here. The in-game Official tab of Rust includes it. VAC is on: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

Which map does [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small run?

A procedural map of size 3,750 with seed 597885 is what [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small runs, generated by the game. Size and seed fix the map, so this page can show it on RustMaps.

Connect

How do I join [EU] Facepunch Staging Softcore Small?

Type client.connect 79.137.98.21:28017 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust and connects you.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2636,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs169627,sc2,ts4

On Rust Dashboard

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, which is easier.
mp250
Max players 250 is the slot count.
ts4
Group limit Each team holds no more than 4.
v2636
Protocol The game protocol is 2636; your build has to match it to join.
cs169627
Build The game build is 169627.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the standard network layer for the game, and it is what runs here.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Expect one wipe a month: it lands with the Facepunch force wipe.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on If you are new, you can begin with Facepunch's tutorial here.

Other

sc2
Custom tag You will not find this among the standard Rust tags: 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.