mess around
Offline 157.85.93.192:20382 checked 13d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 60% of all ranked servers, and #586 of the quad servers (top 69%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 3 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 15:13 UTC13d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 21:40 UTC16d ago | 3 | halved by day 1 | 3.7 days | 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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags on mess around?
The server browser reads these tags that mess around publishes: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The softer softcore ruleset; mp10 (Max players): The cap is 10; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the team ceiling; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs on build 165217; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded is its category, with plugins or settings changing the game. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find mess around in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature mess around are: 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. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does mess around enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name mess around. You can have 4 players at most in a quad group. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's softer mode: part of your loot stays with you. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
About the server
What location is mess around in?
There is no region listed for mess around. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. Find it at this address: 157.85.93.192:20382.
What is the uptime like on mess around?
No stock on mess around at the moment, last seen 13 days 1 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 0 of 168 hours (0%). The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 27 September 2026.
What Rust version does mess around run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is what powers mess around. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
Where does mess around sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days mess around ranks #13,881 on player hours, among the top 60% of all ranked servers. In the quad category, it holds #586.
How many players are on mess around right now?
At the moment mess around is offline, with a last sighting 13 days 1 hours ago.
Wipe details
When 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 5 hours ago.
How does mess around handle wipe day?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 3 hours after the wipe. Half the peak was kept until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes where it did not, the crowd dropped below half by day 1.
How to join
What steps do you take to join mess around?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 157.85.93.192:20382. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmsoftcore,cs165217,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore
mp10
ts4
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.