Rust Player Count
44,241 playing now

Offline76.16.72.212:28115checked 4h ago

Fooling Around

quad monthly wipes moddedoxidesoftcore
Players now 0/ 10 0% full
7-day average 0 peak 1
Rank #4,723 top 21%
Last wipe 11d ago monthly schedule
Next wipe 21d 9h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75110:0019:0003:0012:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

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

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

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12.5k5k7.5k10k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep5 Oct10 Oct15 Oct

Top 21% of all ranked servers, and #294 of the quad servers (top 36%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 9h. 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

21d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 4 OctFri 2 OctTue 22 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 17 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 02:13 UTC11d ago 2 – running 1
Fri 2 Oct, 01:26 UTC13d ago 1 held half 2 days 1
Tue 22 Sep, 21:46 UTC22d 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.

Similar servers

the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
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[EA] Softcore 1quad · monthly · 115 on average 100/ 350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1EU · quad · monthly · 98 on average 52/ 400
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU SoftcoreOC · quad · monthly · 57 on average 109/ 150
LA ISLA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLYNA · quad · monthly · 27 on average 3/ 200

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Settings and map

Which rules govern Fooling Around?

The name of Fooling Around does not state a gather rate. No more than 4 players in a group (quad). The server runs softcore, A less harsh mode by Facepunch: you keep part of your loot. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded, with plugins or settings that alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.

What is the map on Fooling Around?

A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on Fooling Around.

Tags, lists and filters

Where can Fooling Around be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?

These Rust Player Count lists include Fooling Around: 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 is the meaning of the tags on Fooling Around?

These are the tags Fooling Around publishes for the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier set of rules, known as softcore; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The maximum team size is 4; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same protocol: 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Wipes occur monthly, at the same time as the force wipe; ^s (Softcore): A gentler ruleset from Facepunch: you retain part of your inventory when you die; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The Modded category: plugins or configuration change gameplay. You will also find its current players, its queue and its world creation time in the tags, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How full is Fooling Around?

Fooling Around is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 4 hours ago. With a peak of 1, the average over seven days is 0 players. The highest average in the last 48 hours was 1 players at 00:00 UTC.

How does Fooling Around compare in server rankings?

For player hours in the last seven days, Fooling Around ranks #4,723 and is in the top 21% of all ranked servers. The server sits at #294 among quad servers.

Server details

What is the online status and reliability of Fooling Around?

Fooling Around is down at the moment and was last seen 4 hours ago. For the last 7 full days, it was online for 130 of 168 hours, a 77% uptime. Its first appearance in Rust Player Count was on 20 September 2026.

What is the Rust version for Fooling Around?

Windows hosts Fooling Around, which runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.

What is the location of Fooling Around?

No region is published by Fooling Around. Rust Player Count displays the location a server claims, not the physical location of the machine. It is located at 76.16.72.212:28115.

Wipe days

What should you expect on Fooling Around during a wipe?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players. 17 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

How often does Fooling Around wipe?

The only wipes for Fooling Around are monthly, tied to the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The present world dates from 11 days 7 hours ago. The tags show a wipe schedule set to monthly.

How to join

What steps are needed to join Fooling Around?

Joining is done by opening the console (F1) and running client.connect 76.16.72.212:28115. Another way is the Launch Rust option on this page, which uses Steam to start Rust and put you in.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,gmsoftcore,cs167781,ts4,^o^z

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode An easier set of rules, known as softcore.
mp10
Max players The server has 10 slots.
ts4
Group limit The maximum team size is 4.
v2634
Protocol Joining requires the same protocol: 2634.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the game's default networking.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Wipes occur monthly, at the same time as the force wipe.

Difficulty

^s
Softcore A gentler ruleset from Facepunch: you retain part of your inventory when you die.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The Modded category: plugins or configuration change gameplay.

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.