mess around
157.85.93.192:20382 checked 13d 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 days between real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 15:13 UTC 13d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 21:40 UTC 16d 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
Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is mess around?
Currently mess around is offline, having last been seen 13 days 2 hours ago.
How does mess around rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, mess around holds rank #13,881 and is in the top 60% of all ranked servers. #586 is where it places among quad servers.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on mess around?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. On the latest wipe, 3 hours passed before the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. On the occasions it did not hold, the crowd was below half by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on mess around?
Its rhythm is not yet clear from the wipes of mess around on record. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when all Rust servers wipe. 13 days 6 hours ago the current world was made.
Server details
Is mess around online, and how reliable is it?
The server mess around is offline as of the latest check; last seen 13 days 2 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 27 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does mess around run?
The Rust version for mess around is network protocol 2633 and build 165217, on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is mess around located?
No region is published by mess around. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. You can reach it at 157.85.93.192:20382.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include mess around? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include mess around: Best modded Rust servers. These filters 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 do the server tags on mess around mean?
These are the tags mess around publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp10 (Max players): The server holds 10 players; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the maximum team size; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Rules, map
What rules does mess around enforce? And settings?
The name of mess around does not state a gather rate. quad, with a maximum of 4 players per group. The game mode for this server is softcore, Facepunch's less punishing mode, where you retain some loot. PvP and raiding are enabled. In the Modded list, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are used. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, off.
Which map does mess around run?
mess around runs a procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 800000, generated by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
Join
How do I join mess around?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 157.85.93.192:20382 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmsoftcore,cs165217,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore- Game mode The ruleset is softcore, which is easier.
mp10- Max players The server holds 10 players.
ts4- Group limit 4 is the maximum team size.
v2633- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect.
cs165217- Build Build 165217.
ptrak- Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default.
$r?- Region code No region code has been set.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^z- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
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.