SoftNet
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 36%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
85.49.251.3:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Top 36% of all ranked servers, top 69% in EU. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
Welcome to SoftNet! Your new server of preference for EU West, and anywhere in the world where the ping allows for it. Wipes will happen when forced by an update, which usually happens the first Thursday of every month.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 85.49.251.3:28015
- Region
- EU
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 02:28 UTC
- Hostname
- euw1.rust.sftn.eu
- First seen
- 7 Oct 2026
- Operator · sftn.eu
- SoftNet 1/100
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does SoftNet use?
No gather rate appears in the name of SoftNet. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. It claims vanilla status: vanilla Rust: rates, kits and rules all as Facepunch ships them. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on SoftNet?
SoftNet uses a procedural map of 4,500 that the game generates with seed 367222608. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on SoftNet?
The game's server browser reads the tags SoftNet publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp100 (Max players): 100 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe brings the monthly reset; ^v (Vanilla): Vanilla Rust: rates, kits and rules all as Facepunch ships them; ^t (Tutorial on): Beginners can begin with Facepunch's tutorial; EU (Europe): The server browser files it under Europe. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Which Boongarust filters show SoftNet?
The Boongarust lists that take SoftNet are: Tutorial-on Rust servers, EU Rust servers, The busiest community servers in Rust and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.
Who operates SoftNet?
A sftn.eu hostname is published by SoftNet, and by 1 other server we track, so the same operator most likely runs them.
Server info
How smooth is SoftNet?
Server fps held an average of 84 across the last 48 hours, minimum 70. Buildings, deployables and everything else added up to as many as 113,988 entities. It drew as much as 4,196 MB of memory. What players call lag is low fps plus a rising entity count.
What's the location of SoftNet?
The EU tag is what SoftNet uses to list itself in Europe. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 85.49.251.3:28015.
How often is SoftNet online?
Right now SoftNet is live. The uptime it reports suggests a restart around 2 days 23 hours ago. 7 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does SoftNet have?
On Linux, SoftNet runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
How often does SoftNet wipe?
An estimate from the force wipe gives SoftNet's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world you are on was made 6 days 2 hours. Its tags say it wipes monthly.
Population
Ranking wise, where does SoftNet place?
Seven-day player hours put SoftNet at #8,469, within the top 36% of ranked servers and #2,043 across Europe.
Is SoftNet busy?
SoftNet is showing 0 players on 100 slots right now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 2. It was busiest at 16:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, with 2 players on average.
How to join
How can you get into SoftNet?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 85.49.251.3:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,EU,^t,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.