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EU SoftCore Server

Online EU 66.51.97.67:28020 checked 8m ago

quad monthly wipes softcore
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Atomic mass · players now 0/ 50 0% full Room to join
7-day average1peak 7
Rank · atomic number#2,747top 12% · #1046 in EU
Last wipe21d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Result 01

Players

Method
Every five minutes for the last two hours, from the Steam server list; hourly average and peak over 48 hours; daily average and peak over 90 days. UTC. Dashed lines are its wipes and the force wipes.
Result
AveragePeak
0123419:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Result 02

Server performance

Method
Asked of the server itself, hour by hour and day by day: its frame rate, the entities in its world and the memory it holds.
Result
02040608019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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.

Result 03

Rank

Result

daily · 1 is best

RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 12% of all ranked servers, top 36% in EU, and #165 of the quad servers (top 20%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence

usual gap6.8 daysbetween real wipes
wipe-day peak4players, last three wipes
crowd held0%else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

  1. 7d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 35d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 8 OctThu 1 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 28 hours in.

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Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 8 Oct, 14:06 UTC21d ago 4 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 18:16 UTC FW28d ago 5 halved by day 1 6.8 days 0

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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  3. 3 Fr [RU] Friendly … 10
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  4. 4 Th [EU] The Ruste… 4
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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Map and rules

What map is in play on EU SoftCore Server?

A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1427434459 runs on EU SoftCore Server, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since matching size and seed produce the same map.

What rules has EU SoftCore Server set, and what settings are in force?

Nothing in the name of EU SoftCore Server gives a gather rate. The group cap is 4 players (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's softer mode: part of your loot stays with you. Raids and player fights are part of play here. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: Valve's VAC.

Server facts

In what location does EU SoftCore Server sit?

The EU tag is how EU SoftCore Server lists itself, in Europe. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. Connect at 66.51.97.67:28020.

On what Rust version does EU SoftCore Server operate?

On Linux, EU SoftCore Server is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does EU SoftCore Server stay up, and how reliable is its uptime?

At the moment, EU SoftCore Server is online. According to the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 7 hours ago. For the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, giving 99% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 13 September 2026.

Is EU SoftCore Server known for smooth running?

Server fps averaged 33 over the last 48 hours, with 5 as the lowest. The entity count reached 130,557, including buildings, deployables and all other world items. Up to 4,031 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Wipes and resets

What is the wiping pattern on EU SoftCore Server?

Once a month is all EU SoftCore Server wipes, with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, this server wipes again: that is the force wipe that resets all Rust servers. 21 days 4 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

What does a typical wipe day on EU SoftCore Server involve?

At their busiest, recent wipes averaged 4 players. The latest wipe's peak fell 28 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that held in 0% of its recent wipes. Where it did not hold, the crowd dropped below half by day 1.

Where it appears

Which meanings sit behind the tags on EU SoftCore Server?

The game's server browser reads the tags EU SoftCore Server publishes, which are gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Teams cap at 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard in Rust; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Wipes happen monthly, at the force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Die here and you keep some inventory: that is Facepunch's softcore mode; EU (Europe): The server browser files it under Europe. Also in the tags are the players on now, the queue length and the world's creation time, and you can see them at the top of this page.

Where among the Rust Data Lab lists and filters does EU SoftCore Server come up?

You will find EU SoftCore Server on the following Rust Data Lab lists: EU Rust servers, measured and Rust community servers, measured. You can find it on the server list by applying these filters: Region: Europe; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Softcore ^s; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Player counts

Against other Rust servers, where does EU SoftCore Server place?

Seven-day player hours place EU SoftCore Server at #2,747 overall, #1,046 in Europe and in the top 12% of ranked servers. The quad ranking puts it at #165.

How full is EU SoftCore Server right now?

At the moment EU SoftCore Server has 0 of its 50 slots filled. Averaged over the past week: 1 players, peaking at 7. Peak time in the past 48 hours: 00:00 UTC, when the average was 3 players.

Getting on

What is the way to join EU SoftCore Server?

You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 66.51.97.67:28020, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^s,EU,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode An easier ruleset, softcore.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts4
Group limit Teams cap at 4 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It runs build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard in Rust.
$r?
Region code The region field is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Wipes happen monthly, at the force wipe.

Difficulty

^s
Softcore Die here and you keep some inventory: that is Facepunch's softcore mode.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser files it under Europe.

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.