Fossil's Playground
Offline OC 51.161.198.94:28055 checked 10d 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 2 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 62% of all ranked servers, top 82% in OC, and #579 of the quad servers (top 70%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 8d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 36d 6hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8 OCT 2026Thu 8 Oct, 23:07 UTC19d ago |
1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Map and rules
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Fossil's Playground?
No gather rate appears in the name Fossil's Playground. The server sets a group limit of 4 players (quad). The server runs softcore, Facepunch's gentler mode: some loot stays with you. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. Filed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is in use on Fossil's Playground?
Fossil's Playground runs a procedural map of size 3,750 with seed 3671786, 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 and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Fossil's Playground?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Fossil's Playground: Oceania servers, filed A to Z and Community Rust servers, indexed. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s and Premium ^q; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
How should you read the tags listed for Fossil's Playground?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Fossil's Playground gives gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp50 (Max players): Player cap: 50; ts4 (Group limit): The team ceiling is 4; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; older or newer clients cannot join; cs167781 (Build): It runs build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside the Facepunch force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Under softcore rules you keep some of your inventory on death; ^q (Premium): Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status; OC (Oceania): The browser files it under Oceania. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at Fossil's Playground?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often is Fossil's Playground wiped, and on what schedule?
With the force wipe, Fossil's Playground wipes once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now was made 19 days 13 hours. Its tags state a wipe schedule of once a month.
Population
Where does Fossil's Playground sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Fossil's Playground at #13,657 and #177 in Oceania, among the top 62% of ranked servers. #579 is where it sits in the quad servers.
Is Fossil's Playground quiet or crowded?
The last check found Fossil's Playground offline, last seen 10 days 4 hours ago.
Server details
What version does Fossil's Playground use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what you will find on Fossil's Playground. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What is the uptime and current status of Fossil's Playground?
Last seen 10 days 4 hours ago, Fossil's Playground is offline right now. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 2 October 2026.
Where in the world is Fossil's Playground hosted?
Fossil's Playground gives Oceania as its location and the tag OC. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 51.161.198.94:28055.
How to join
How can you connect to Fossil's Playground?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 51.161.198.94:28055 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,OC,gmsoftcore,cs167781,^q,ts4
Game
gmsoftcore
mp50
ts4
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^s
Mods and access
^q
Region
OC
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.