Element card · group Vanilla · atomic number 8,285, its rank
SoftNet
Online EU 85.49.251.3:28015 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 7 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is best
Top 37% of all ranked servers, top 73% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 5h. The force wipe
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
from the figures on this pageServer setup
What map is in play on SoftNet?
A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 367222608 runs on SoftNet, 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 SoftNet set, and what settings are in force?
Nothing in the name of SoftNet gives a gather rate. With no change from the default, groups can hold up to 8 players. Play runs as survival, raiding, building and gathering: the standard game. Raids and player fights are part of play here. It appears under Community in the server browser. The server describes itself as vanilla: nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are as Facepunch ships them. Anti-cheat is on: Valve's VAC.
Server facts
In what location does SoftNet sit?
SoftNet gives Europe as its location, using the EU tag. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. You will find it at 85.49.251.3:28015.
What Rust version does SoftNet currently run?
On Linux, SoftNet is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
Does SoftNet stay up, and how reliable is its uptime?
At the moment, SoftNet is online. About 2 days 16 hours ago is when it last restarted, based on its uptime. It was online for 168 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 100% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 7 October 2026.
Is SoftNet known for smooth running?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 64 server fps, with a low of 23. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world added up to as many as 114,630 entities. The highest memory usage was 3,962 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Wipes and resets
What is the wiping pattern on SoftNet?
Estimated from the force wipe is when SoftNet next wipes. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, this server wipes again: that is the force wipe that resets all Rust servers. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 11 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
Where it appears
What should you understand from the tags SoftNet carries?
The game's server browser reads the tags SoftNet publishes, which are gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game here; mp100 (Max players): 100 is the slot count; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the game's default: 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard in the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set here; ^m (Monthly): Wipes happen monthly, at the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are as Facepunch ships them; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for newcomers; EU (Europe): The server browser files it under Europe. Current players, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags too, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does SoftNet appear in?
The Rust Data Lab lists that include SoftNet are: Rust tutorial servers: the live sample, EU Rust servers, measured, Rust community servers, measured and Vanilla Rust servers, measured. Applying these filters on the server list returns it: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Who is behind SoftNet?
The sftn.eu hostname SoftNet publishes is shared with 1 other server we track, so one operator most likely runs them both.
Population
What position does SoftNet hold among Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours place SoftNet at #8,285 overall, #2,125 in Europe and in the top 37% of ranked servers.
How many players does SoftNet have at the moment?
Of 100 slots, 0 are taken on SoftNet right now. A seven-day sample gives 0 players on average and 1 at the top. Peak time in the past 48 hours: 00:00 UTC, when the average was 1 players.
How to join
What is the way to join SoftNet?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 85.49.251.3:28015, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.