mess around
Offline 157.85.93.192:20382 checked 27d ago
Measurements
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 UTC27d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does mess around rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #13,881 for player hours, which puts mess around in the top 60% of all ranked servers. It places #586 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is mess around?
We have no live count for mess around right now. It was last seen 27 days 9 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on mess around mean?
These are the tags mess around publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): The team limit is 4; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include mess around?
On Rust Population, mess around is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on mess around?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. 3 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 1 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on mess around?
Too few wipes are on record for mess around to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 27 days 12 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does mess around run?
The map on mess around is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 800000. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on mess around?
No gather rate appears in the name of mess around. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). This server runs softcore, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.
About the server
Which version of Rust does mess around run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is what mess around uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is mess around online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, mess around was last seen 27 days 9 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 27 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is mess around located?
Nothing published by mess around states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 157.85.93.192:20382.
Getting in
How do I join mess around?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.85.93.192:20382. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.