Fooling Around
76.16.72.212:28115 checked 5m 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 22% of all ranked servers, and #308 of the quad servers (top 38%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 5.6 days between real wipes
- on rhythm
- 0% of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100% of its cycles kept half the crowd
Coming wipes
- 22d 4hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 17 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 02:13 UTC 10d ago | 2 | – | running | 1 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:26 UTC 12d ago | 1 | held half | 2 days | 1 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 21:46 UTC 21d ago | 1 | held half | 9.2 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.
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Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is Fooling Around?
The current population of Fooling Around is 0 out of 10 slots. For the last seven days the mean was 0 players; the highest count was 1. Over the past 48 hours, the peak period was 19:00 UTC with an average of 1 players.
How does Fooling Around rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, Fooling Around is #4,923 for player hours, placing it in the top 22% of ranked servers globally. It sits at #308 in the quad group.
Wipe times
What does wipe day look like on Fooling Around?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 17 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaks. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Fooling Around?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all Fooling Around runs. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that clears every Rust server. The map has been running for 10 days 12 hours. Its tags show a monthly wipe schedule.
Server details
Is Fooling Around online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Fooling Around is up and online. 128 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 76% uptime. The earliest record When Is Wipe has is 20 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Fooling Around run?
The Rust version for Fooling Around is network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Windows. Steam updates your game, so the protocol matches when you join.
Where is Fooling Around located?
For Fooling Around, no region is published. When Is Wipe does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 76.16.72.212:28115 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include Fooling Around? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists Fooling Around fits are: Best modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Fooling Around mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Fooling Around publishes: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the maximum team size; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Facepunch's softcore mode: part of your inventory survives death; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Rules, map
What rules does Fooling Around enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Fooling Around's name. The maximum group size is 4 players, under quad. The game mode for this server is softcore, Facepunch's less punishing mode, where you retain some loot. You can fight and raid other players. It is in the Modded section: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are used. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does Fooling Around run?
A procedural map, made by the game, is used by Fooling Around.
Join
How do I join Fooling Around?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 76.16.72.212:28115 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,gmsoftcore,cs167781,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore- Game mode The ruleset is softcore, which is easier.
mp10- Max players Slot count: 10.
ts4- Group limit 4 is the maximum team size.
v2634- Protocol The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining.
cs167781- Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe.
Difficulty
^s- Softcore Facepunch's softcore mode: part of your inventory survives death.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings.
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.