On air · chart position #15,318
mess around
Online 157.85.86.176:23760 checked 13m ago
Players
mess around
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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers, and #620 of the quad servers (top 75%). 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Server details
Is mess around online, and how reliable is it?
mess around is up as you read this. The uptime it reports puts its last restart about 3 days 16 hours ago. It stayed up 99% of the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 1 October 2026.
Where is mess around located?
From mess around, no region is published. Rust Charts doesn't look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 157.85.86.176:23760 is its address.
Which version of Rust does mess around run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781 on Linux is what mess around runs. Your game must match the protocol to get in, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Does mess around run smoothly?
Never under 92, and 109 server fps on average, is how the last 48 hours went. At its fullest it held 86,228 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 4,430 MB. Rising entity counts and low fps are the source of the lag players report.
Population
How busy is mess around?
mess around has 0 of its 10 slots filled right now. Its average over the past week comes to 0 players.
How does mess around rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the past week put mess around at #15,318, among the top 69% of ranked servers. In the quad group, this one holds rank #620.
Wipes and resets
What is the wipe schedule on mess around?
Too few wipes on record for mess around to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and it covers every Rust server. 27 days 17 hours is how long ago its current world was made.
Rules and world
What are the rules and settings on mess around?
No gather rate appears in the name mess around. A group can have up to 4 players, according to quad. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's gentler mode: some loot stays with you. You can fight and raid other players. Modded in the server browser is where it sits; plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Valve's VAC anti-cheat is not active.
Which map does mess around run?
The map on mess around is procedural, size 4,000, seed 800000, made by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed produce the same map.
Tag guide
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include mess around?
These Rust Charts lists include mess around: Modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad.
What do the server tags on mess around mean?
gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset applies here: softcore; mp10 (Max players): The server holds 10 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The team cap is 4; v2635 (Protocol): The server speaks protocol 2635, so your game needs the same version; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Listed as modded because plugins or settings differ from the base game — that's the set of tags mess around publishes for the server browser. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made. You'll find them at the top of this page.
Getting in
How do I join mess around?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 157.85.86.176:23760. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.