An entry in the registerNo. 15,335
mess around
Online 157.85.86.176:23760 checked 7m ago
mess around is a Rust server. At the last count it had 0 players of a possible 10. It stands at No. 15,335 of the ranked servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 27d ago. Its own tags class it as modded, oxide, softcore.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
§ 3Standingthe rank, daily · 1 is best
Top 69% of all ranked servers, and No. 624 of the quad servers (top 76%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
§ 4The wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
§ 5The record of wipesnewest 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.
§ 6Similar serversthe same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
- 1 Noobs 4 Real | No Pros, No Sweats, Just Noobs, Solo/Duo!0/100 EU · quad · monthly · 3 on average
- 2 Asgard 2服 中国|官方|二倍|软核新手服 10.16清2/233 EA · quad · biweekly · 2 on average
- 3 [EA] Softcore 179/350 quad · monthly · 67 on average
- 4 [US] Facepunch Softcore 215/300 NA · quad · monthly · 59 on average
- 5 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcore53/150 OC · quad · monthly · 33 on average
- 6 Rusty Sporks PvP | softcore / noob friendly0/100 NA · quad · biweekly · 11 on average
§ 7Questions answeredfrom the figures in this entry
Server record
On which Rust version does mess around operate?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781 on Linux is what mess around runs. The protocol must match on your game to join; the update comes through Steam.
Is mess around up, and how steady is its uptime?
The records show mess around online at the time of this check. A restart came about 3 days 12 hours ago, by the server's own uptime figure. Of note: 167 of 168 hours up in the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. Rust Server Stats records a first sighting on 1 October 2026.
Does mess around hold a steady frame?
Server fps averaged 109 over the last 48 hours; the low was 92. Buildings, deployables and the rest brought the entity count to a high of 86,228. Up to 4,430 MB of memory was used. An entity count climbing and fps running low are felt in-game as lag.
Where does mess around operate from?
No region appears for mess around. Where the machine stands is not looked up by Rust Server Stats; it shows where a server says it is. At 157.85.86.176:23760 stands the address.
The rules and map
The map for mess around: which one is it?
mess around runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 4,000 with seed 800000. The map repeats with the same size and seed; this page links to it on RustMaps.
What settings and rules does mess around run?
No gather rate appears in the name of mess around. The ceiling for a group is 4 players (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's gentler mode, with part of the loot retained. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. It sits in the Modded section, with plugins or settings that change play. Oxide plugins are in use. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is inactive.
Population
How full does mess around get?
0 players are on mess around at present; the slot count is 10. Averaged over the last seven days, the population is 0 players.
What position does mess around hold among Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days mess around ranks #15,335, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers. Within quad, it stands at #624.
The tags and lists
mess around sits in which Rust Server Stats lists and filters?
These are the Rust Server Stats lists that include mess around: Modded Rust servers. On the server list it comes up under these filters: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad.
Which meanings attach to the tags on mess around?
gmsoftcore (Game mode): The softer ruleset, known as softcore; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the ceiling per team; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: joining needs the same game version; cs167781 (Build): The build number is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet carries it, the standard layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings; the browser lists it as Modded — that is the set of tags mess around publishes for the game's browser. At the top of this page are its current players, queue and world creation time, all taken from the tags.
The wipes
The wipe timetable for mess around: what does it show?
The record of mess around holds too few wipes to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes to all Rust servers each month; the next is due Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The present world dates from 27 days 13 hours.
Connection
How does one connect to mess around?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.85.86.176:23760. The Launch Rust and join button on this page does the same through Steam.