mess around
Offline 157.85.93.192:20382 checked 27d 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
Top 60% of all ranked servers, and #586 of the quad servers (top 69%). 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.
- usual gap
- 3.7 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0%else halves by day 1
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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 15:13 UTC27d ago |
2 | – | running | 0 |
27 SEP 2026Sun 27 Sep, 21:40 UTC31d 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.
Settings and map
What settings and rules does mess around run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of mess around. A maximum of 4 players per group applies (quad). The server runs softcore, Facepunch's gentler mode: some loot stays with you. PvP and raiding are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC is off: Valve's anti-cheat is disabled.
What is the map on mess around?
mess around runs a procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 800000, generated by the game. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry mess around?
The Rust Server Index lists that include mess around are Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad.
What is meant by the tags on mess around?
These are the tags mess around publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp10 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 10; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the largest team allowed; v2633 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): The game build here is 165217; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at mess around?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 2 players. 3 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next wipe 0% of the time. In the other cases, numbers dropped below half by day 1.
How often is mess around wiped, and on what schedule?
mess around's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its present world dates from 27 days 19 hours.
Players and ranking
Where does mess around sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #13,881 for mess around on seven-day player hours, top 60% overall. See also the quad servers, where it stands at #586.
Is mess around quiet or crowded?
At present mess around is offline; its last sighting was 27 days 15 hours ago.
Server facts
What version does mess around use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is what you will find on mess around. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the uptime and current status of mess around?
Last seen 27 days 15 hours ago, mess around is offline right now. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 27 September 2026.
What is the location of mess around?
No region is published by mess around. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. Connection details: 157.85.93.192:20382.
Connecting
How can you connect to mess around?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.85.93.192:20382. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published 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.