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
daily · 1 is bestTop 0.5% of all ranked servers, and #9 of the quad servers (top 1%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 293, 44 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW12d ago | 293 | – | running | 59 |
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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageRules, map and settings
What configuration does [EA] Softcore 1 use?
A gather rate is absent from the name of [EA] Softcore 1. A maximum of 4 players per group (quad). softcore is the game mode, A less harsh mode by Facepunch: you keep part of your loot. PvP and raiding are enabled. Rust's Official tab includes it. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
What map is used on [EA] Softcore 1?
[EA] Softcore 1 runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 683744944, generated by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.
Tags, lists and filters
Who operates [EA] Softcore 1?
Because [EA] Softcore 1 and 124 other servers we track all publish a playrust.com hostname, they are likely run by the same operator.
Where can [EA] Softcore 1 be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
The Rust Player Count lists that [EA] Softcore 1 fits are: Rust tutorial servers and Official Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: 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 2 weeks; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only.
What information do the tags on [EA] Softcore 1 convey?
For the game's server browser, [EA] Softcore 1 publishes: 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): An easier set of rules, known as softcore; mp350 (Max players): 350 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): The maximum team size is 4; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build number: 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): Expect one wipe per month, alongside the forced wipe from Facepunch; ^t (Tutorial on): Beginners can run through Facepunch's tutorial on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): A custom tag, not part of standard Rust: added by the owner or a plugin. You will also find its current players, its queue and its world creation time in the tags, displayed at the top of this page.
Player numbers
How full is [EA] Softcore 1?
Right now, 36 players are on [EA] Softcore 1, which has 350 slots. The seven-day average is 123 players, with a peak of 280. In the past 48 hours, the peak activity occurred at 12:00 UTC, averaging 248 players.
How does [EA] Softcore 1 compare in server rankings?
Over the last seven days, [EA] Softcore 1 is #117 for player hours, placing it in the top 0.5% of ranked servers. It is #9 among quad servers.
About the server
What is the online status and reliability of [EA] Softcore 1?
You can find [EA] Softcore 1 online at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 9 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Player Count was on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is used on [EA] Softcore 1?
Windows hosts [EA] Softcore 1, which runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
What region does [EA] Softcore 1 serve?
There is no region published by [EA] Softcore 1. Rust Player Count displays the location a server claims, not the physical location of the machine. It is located at 43.239.138.85:28015.
Is [EA] Softcore 1 lag-free?
Over the last 48 hours, the average server fps was 39, and it never dropped below 12. Up to 437,262 entities were present, including buildings, deployables and other world objects. At its highest, it used 12,331 MB of memory. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt as lag by players.
Wipe information
What happens on [EA] Softcore 1 when a wipe occurs?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 293 players. 44 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What wipe pattern does [EA] Softcore 1 follow?
Wipes happen once a month on [EA] Softcore 1, along with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. It has been running its current world for 12 days 4 hours. The tags show a wipe schedule set to monthly.
Connect to the server
What steps are needed to join [EA] Softcore 1?
Open the Rust console with F1, then type client.connect 43.239.138.85:28015. Alternatively, fit into the server through the Launch Rust button on this page; that starts Rust via Steam and joins you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp350,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^t,gmsoftcore,cs167781,sc2,ts4
On Rust Player Count
Game
gmsoftcore
mp350
ts4
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^t
Other
sc2
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.