Server profile
mess around
Online, with 0 of 10 players on; ranked #15,341 of every public Rust server, the top 69%. It last wiped 27d ago.
Online 157.85.86.176:23760 checked 9m ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 69% of all ranked servers, and #627 of the quad servers (top 76%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Note: 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.
If you like this one
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe days
On what schedule does mess around wipe?
Its rhythm cannot be read yet: mess around has too few wipes on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server, this one included, takes the monthly force wipe. The world you are playing on now was made 27 days 10 hours ago.
Server details
What does performance look like on mess around?
Server fps averaged 109 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 92. The world held a peak of 86,228 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory figure was 4,175 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
What Rust version is live on mess around?
Running on Linux, mess around is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Has mess around stayed online, and is it up now?
At the time of this check mess around is online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 3 days 9 hours ago. It spent 167 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 99% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 1 October 2026.
In which location does mess around sit?
No region is published by mess around. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. Connect through 157.85.86.176:23760.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags listed for mess around?
When the game's server browser reads mess around, it finds these tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset: softcore; mp10 (Max players): It holds 10 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2635; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded. Current players, queue length and the age of the world sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
On which Rust Insights lists does mess around appear?
These Rust Insights lists include mess around: Modded Rust servers, explained. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad.
Population history
How many players are on mess around right now, and how does that number move?
mess around shows 0 players at the moment, against 10 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players puts the last week in context.
How does mess around compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts mess around at #15,341, among the top 69% of all ranked servers. In the quad category it ranks #627.
Settings and rules
What settings and rules apply on mess around?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of mess around. Groups are capped at 4 players under the name quad. You get softcore as the game mode, The easier mode from Facepunch, keeping part of your loot. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. It runs plugins, Oxide of them. VAC is off: Valve's anti-cheat is not active.
Which map is live on mess around?
mess around runs a procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 800000, generated by the game. Size and seed give the same map each time, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.
Join
What is the way to join mess around?
Type client.connect 157.85.86.176:23760 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam.