RS-13881Modded server
mess around
Offline 157.85.93.192:20382 checked 12d 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 15:13 UTC12d 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.
Player count
What is the typical player count on mess around?
mess around is offline at this moment; the last signal was 12 days 18 hours ago.
Where does mess around sit in the rankings?
Ranked #13,881 on seven-day player hours, mess around is in the top 60% of all ranked servers. In the quad category, it ranks #586.
Tags and filters
Where does mess around appear among the Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
These Top Rust Servers lists include mess around: Top modded Rust servers. These are the filters that bring it up 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.
What is the meaning of the tags on mess around?
gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore ruleset, which is easier; mp10 (Max players): There are 10 slots; ts4 (Group limit): No more than 4 players per team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633 is required to join; your game must be on the same version; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): This uses RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It appears in Modded, as plugins or settings modify the game are the tags mess around publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made, taken from the tags.
Rules, settings, and map
What map is used on mess around?
The map on mess around is procedural, size 4,000, seed 800000, and generated by the game. The map can be seen on RustMaps from this page, as identical size and seed yield the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on mess around?
No gather rate is given in the name mess around. quad groups are capped at 4 players. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's softer mode: you retain some loot. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. It is a Modded server, meaning plugins or settings modify the game. Oxide plugins are loaded. VAC anti-cheat is inactive.
Server info
What version is mess around running?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is what mess around runs, on Linux. The protocol must match for you to join; Steam will update your game.
What is the server location for mess around?
A region is not published by mess around. What Top Rust Servers shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. 157.85.93.192:20382 is its address.
How reliable is mess around?
mess around is offline now; the last time it was seen was 12 days 18 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, it was online for 0 of 168 hours, or 0%. Its first appearance in Top Rust Servers was on 27 September 2026.
Wipe cycle
What happens on wipe day on mess around?
Across recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 2 players. The peak of the latest wipe came 3 hours after it began. Half the peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. If the crowd did not stay above half, it fell below that mark by day 1.
On what schedule does mess around wipe?
The record holds too few wipes to determine mess around's pattern. A force wipe happens monthly across all Rust servers; the next is scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world was last replaced 12 days 22 hours ago.
Connection
How can I connect to mess around?
To connect manually, open the console with F1 and type client.connect 157.85.93.192:20382. Or click Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect directly.