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Fossil's Playground

Offline, with 1 of 50 players on; ranked #13,657 of every public Rust server, the top 62%. It last wiped 19d ago.

Filed under quad monthly wipes softcorepremium
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The server's own banner, as it publishes it.
1/ 50 players now 2% full
07-day averagepeak –
#13,657ranktop 62% · #177 in OC
19d agolast wipemonthly schedule
8d 15hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.

No hourly history yet.

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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 2 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.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k3 Oct7 Oct12 Oct16 Oct21 Oct25 Oct

Note: 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.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Force wipes only.

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

1 wipe-day peak players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  1. 8d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 36d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 8 Oct, 23:07 UTC19d ago 1 – running 1

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.

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  3. [EA] Softcore 1quad · monthly · 69 on average35/350
  4. [US] Facepunch Softcore 2NA · quad · monthly · 60 on average43/300
  5. LA ISLA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLYNA · quad · monthly · 8 on average6/200
  6. LA VERGA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLNA · quad · monthly · 7 on average11/80

The short version

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe cycle

What should you expect on wipe day at Fossil's Playground?

At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.

When does Fossil's Playground wipe, and how often?

The only wipe on Fossil's Playground is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that applies to all Rust servers. The world you are playing on now was made 19 days 4 hours ago. Its tags state a monthly wipe schedule.

Server

On what version does Fossil's Playground currently run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what Fossil's Playground runs. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.

How reliable is Fossil's Playground, and is it up at the moment?

Fossil's Playground is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 9 days 19 hours ago. It spent 0 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 0% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 2 October 2026.

Where does Fossil's Playground run from?

Its OC tag is what Fossil's Playground uses to list itself in Oceania. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. 51.161.198.94:28055 is where it answers.

Lists and tags

How should you read the tags listed for Fossil's Playground?

When the game's server browser reads Fossil's Playground, it finds these tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset: softcore; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots in total; ts4 (Group limit): No team may exceed 4 players; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month; ^s (Softcore): Part of the inventory stays with you on death, under Facepunch's easier mode; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; OC (Oceania): Find it in the browser under Oceania. Current players, queue length and the age of the world sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.

Which Rust Insights filters and lists feature Fossil's Playground?

These Rust Insights lists include Fossil's Playground: Oceania Rust servers and Best Rust community servers. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: 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.

Population

What does the population of Fossil's Playground look like?

Fossil's Playground is offline at the moment; the last sighting was 9 days 19 hours ago.

Where does Fossil's Playground sit in the rankings?

In Oceania, Fossil's Playground is #177; across all ranked servers it is #13,657 on seven-day player hours, in the top 62%. The quad ranking places it at #579.

Map and rules

What are the settings and rules for Fossil's Playground?

Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of Fossil's Playground. A group may hold up to 4 players, listed as quad. softcore is the game mode, Part of your loot stays with you in this easier Facepunch mode. PvP and raiding are both enabled. The server browser lists it under Community. Rust's premium status is required to join. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.

What is the map on Fossil's Playground?

Size 3,750 and seed 3671786 define the procedural map on Fossil's Playground, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map.

How to join

How can you get onto Fossil's Playground?

Type client.connect 51.161.198.94:28055 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. Rust's premium status is required to join.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,OC,gmsoftcore,cs167781,^q,ts4

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode An easier ruleset: softcore.
mp50
Max players 50 slots in total.
ts4
Group limit No team may exceed 4 players.
v2634
Protocol Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2634.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard.
$r?
Region code A region code has not been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month.

Difficulty

^s
Softcore Part of the inventory stays with you on death, under Facepunch's easier mode.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Rust's premium status is required to join.

Region

OC
Oceania Find it in the browser under Oceania.

Note: 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.