66,602 players on Rust servers right now11,784 servers online3,516 with players on198 fresh wipes in the last three hoursmess around: 1 players (offline)Updated every five minutes66,602 players on Rust servers right now11,784 servers online3,516 with players on198 fresh wipes in the last three hoursmess around: 1 players (offline)Updated every five minutes
newest first · every post is a reading of this server
27d ago
The count
Last seen: 1 of 10 players
1/ 10players now10% full
07-day averagepeak –
#13,881ranktop 60%
27d agolast wipeno schedule published
–next wipetoo few wipes seen yet
Now
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Players on mess around
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
No hourly history yet.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
48h
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How the server is running
Server performance
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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 27 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Daily
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Rank #13,881 today
Rank
daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
Top 60% of all ranked servers, and #586 of the quad servers (top 69%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Next
Coming up · wipe schedule
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yet
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
3.7 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
2wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
0%crowd heldelse halves by day 1
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Thu 1 OctSun 27 Sep
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 3 hours in.
Wipes
newest first
27d ago
The current map
Wipe peaks at 2 players
Thursday 1 October 2026, 15:13 UTC
Peak
2
Crowd
–
Lasted
running
Players before
0
31d ago
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 3 players
Sunday 27 September 2026, 21:40 UTC
Peak
3
Crowd
halved by day 1
Lasted
3.7 days
Players before
0
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 wipes
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 2 players. Peak population on the latest wipe came 3 hours after it. In 0% of recent wipes, population held above half the peak right through to the next wipe. The crowd fell under half by day 1 when it did not hold.
QHow often does mess around wipe, and at what times?
mess around's wipe history is too thin on record to show a rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, and no Rust server is spared it. 27 days 21 hours have passed since this world was generated.
Lists and tags
QWhich Rust Live Stats filters and lists does mess around show up in?
The Rust Live Stats lists that include mess around are Modded Rust servers live now. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad.
QHow should you read the tags on mess around?
The server browser reads gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore ruleset: an easier game; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): Each team holds 4 at most; v2633 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): This server runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the game's usual network layer, carries this server; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set; ^o (Oxide): It runs the plugin framework Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or changed settings alter the game, which mess around publishes. Players now, queue length and world creation time are carried in the tags too, and appear at the top of this page.
Population
QHow full is mess around at the moment?
Last seen 27 days 17 hours ago, mess around is offline right now.
QWhat position does mess around hold among Rust servers?
On player hours for the past seven days, mess around sits at #13,881, inside the top 60% of ranked servers. The server sits at #586 among quad servers.
Settings and map
QWhat settings and rules does mess around run?
The name mess around carries no gather rate. The limit is 4 players to a group (quad). softcore applies here, The easier Facepunch mode, where you keep some loot. Raiding and player combat are both permitted. Plugins or settings change the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are in use. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is off.
QWhich map is live on mess around?
Size 4,000, seed 800000: that is the procedural map the game generates for mess around. Size and seed repeat the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Server facts
QWhich region is mess around hosted in?
No region is published by mess around. A server's stated location is what Rust Live Stats shows; the machine's actual position is not looked up. 157.85.93.192:20382 is its address.
QWhat version of Rust is running on mess around?
mess around operates on Linux with Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
QIs mess around up now, and how steady is its uptime?
mess around is currently offline, with its last appearance 27 days 17 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, giving 0% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Live Stats was on 27 September 2026.
How to join
QHow do you get onto mess around?
Enter client.connect 157.85.93.192:20382 in the console (F1 in Rust). Another way is Launch Rust and join on this page: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
what each one means
Published asmp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmsoftcore,cs165217,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore
Game modeSoftcore ruleset: an easier game.
mp10
Max players10 slots are available.
ts4
Group limitEach team holds 4 at most.
v2633
ProtocolJoin only if your game is on protocol 2633.
cs165217
BuildThis server runs game build 165217.
ptrak
NetworkingRakNet, the game's usual network layer, carries this server.
$r?
Region codeRegion code: none set.
Mods and access
^o
OxideIt runs the plugin framework Oxide (uMod).
^z
ModdedModded: plugins or changed settings alter the game.
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.