Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore

In Oceania, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore is #10; globally, #352 on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 2% of ranked servers. The quad group places it at #22.

The current population on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore is 34, against 150 slots. The seven-day average is 64 players, with a peak of 147. The 48-hour peak time is 10:00 UTC, when it averaged 109 players.

The Rust build on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore is network protocol 2634 and build 167398, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30; the lowest was 23. 284,703 entities at peak, counting buildings and deployables. Memory usage reached 9,333 MB at its highest. The lag players notice comes from low fps and rising entity counts.

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore declares Oceania as its location via the OC tag. What Rust Server Now shows is a server's stated location, not where its machine is actually located. 51.161.198.57:28015 is its address.

Right now Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore shows as online. About 23 hours ago was its last restart, based on reported uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. Its first appearance in Rust Server Now data was on 13 September 2026.

For the in-game browser, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore declares the following tags: 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 ruleset, softcore; mp150 (Max players): Capacity: 150; ts4 (Group limit): Teams cap at 4; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it to join; cs167398 (Build): Build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): Region code: none; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed to Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; OC (Oceania): In the server browser it appears under Oceania; rustmaps (Custom tag): Not part of the standard tag set - the owner or a plugin put it there. At the top of this page you also see the current players, the queue and when the world was created, all drawn from the tags.

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore and 16 other servers we track share a rplayrust.com hostname, so they are most likely run by the same operator.

The Rust Server Now lists that carry Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore are: Oceania Rust servers, live and Official Rust servers, ranked live. It appears on the server list when you apply these filters: Region: Oceania; Type: Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 50+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore takes a single wipe each month, the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 9 days 2 hours have passed since its current world began. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.

The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 129 players. The latest wipe saw its peak 40 hours in.

A custom map of size 4,000 is what Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore uses. Download it from this page, as the map file is published.

No gather rate appears in the name Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore. 4 players is the cap for a group (quad). This server runs softcore, Facepunch's lighter mode: part of your loot stays with you. PvP and raiding are enabled. The in-game Official tab lists it. Plugins in use: Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 51.161.198.57:28015, or click Launch Rust here to open Rust via Steam and join. You can find its website at https://redditplayrust.com/login.