Fossil's Playground
Offline OC 51.161.198.94:28055 checked 10d 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 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 10h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Fossil's Playground rank against other Rust servers?
Fossil's Playground ranks #13,657 on seven-day player hours, #177 in Oceania, and sits in the top 62% of all ranked servers. It places #579 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is Fossil's Playground?
Fossil's Playground is offline at this count; we last saw it 10 days ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Fossil's Playground mean?
These are the tags Fossil's Playground publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): You may team with up to 4 players; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Facepunch's softcore mode: part of your inventory survives your death; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; OC (Oceania): In the server browser it appears under Oceania. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Fossil's Playground?
On Rust Population, Fossil's Playground is filed under these lists: Oceania Rust servers, counted and Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these 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.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Fossil's Playground?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Fossil's Playground?
Fossil's Playground wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, 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 dates from 19 days 9 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Settings
Which map does Fossil's Playground run?
Fossil's Playground uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,750 with seed 3671786. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Fossil's Playground?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Fossil's Playground states none. 4 is the most a group can hold (quad). This server runs softcore, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. Joining requires Rust's premium status. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Fossil's Playground run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for Fossil's Playground. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Fossil's Playground online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Fossil's Playground was last seen 10 days ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 2 October 2026.
Where is Fossil's Playground located?
With its OC tag, Fossil's Playground places itself in Oceania. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 51.161.198.94:28055 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Fossil's Playground?
Either enter client.connect 51.161.198.94:28055 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. Joining requires Rust's premium status.