A10/ 233 players
Modded#8,093
mess around
Offline 157.85.86.176:23760 checked 1d ago
quad
moddedoxidesoftcore
players now0of 10 slots
7-day average0peak 2
rank#8,093top 36%
last wipe · restocked13d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 36% of all ranked servers, and #440 of the quad servers (top 54%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest 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.
Also on the shelf
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
A24/ 100 players
A32/ 200 players
B152/ 350 players
B2100/ 400 players
B322/ 150 players
On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Can you explain the tags on mess around?
gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules, which are gentler; mp10 (Max players): 10 player slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds 4 at most; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166494 (Build): It runs on build 166494; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference is what mess around tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
Where does mess around appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include mess around: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on mess around?
A procedural map, size 4,000 with seed 800000, generated by the game, is what mess around runs. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What rules does mess around enforce, and what settings does it run?
The name of mess around gives no gather rate. You can have 4 players at most in a quad group. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's easier option, with part of your loot kept. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs number Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched off.
About the server
Where can you find mess around?
You will find no region published for mess around. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. The endpoint is 157.85.86.176:23760.
What is the uptime like on mess around?
Right now mess around is not in stock, last seen 33 hours ago. The uptime counter points to a restart about 11 days 16 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 157 of 168 hours (93%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 1 October 2026.
How well does mess around perform?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 4 and never dropped below 4. Up to 139,639 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. At most it drew 4,313 MB of memory. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
Which Rust build is mess around running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Linux is what powers mess around. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Population
What is mess around's rank among Rust servers?
Over the last seven days mess around ranks #8,093 on player hours, among the top 36% of all ranked servers. It ranks #440 among quad servers.
What is the current player count on mess around?
At the moment mess around is offline, with a last sighting 33 hours ago. The seven-day average is 0, and the busiest point reached 2.
Wipe schedule
How often does mess around wipe?
The wipes of mess around on record are too few to show its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 13 days 2 hours ago.
Join the server
What is the way to join mess around?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 157.85.86.176:23760. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmsoftcore,cs166494,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore
Game mode Softcore rules, which are gentler.
mp10
Max players 10 player slots.
ts4
Group limit A team holds 4 at most.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs166494
Build It runs on build 166494.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code not set.
Mods and access
^o
Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference.
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.