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Fooling Around
Online 76.16.72.212:28115 checked 8m 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 22% of all ranked servers, and #304 of the quad servers (top 37%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 7h.
The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 7hThu 3 Dec, 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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 02:13 UTC24d ago | 2 | – | running | 1 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:26 UTC26d ago | 1 | held half | 2 days | 1 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 21:46 UTC35d 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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01MODPlayers 2/100
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02COMPlayers 124/350
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03COMPlayers 18/300
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04COMPlayers 38/150
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05COMPlayers 0/200
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06COMPlayers 1/80
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which lists and filters on Rust Tracker show Fooling Around?
Modded servers, tracked live — the Rust Tracker lists that include Fooling Around. It comes up under these filters 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.
How should you read the tags on Fooling Around?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Fooling Around: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset: softcore; mp10 (Max players): Capacity: 10 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Team limit: 4; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipe, on Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Part of your inventory stays with you on death, in Facepunch's easier mode; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework runs here: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded. At the top of this page you also get the queue, the players now and the world's creation time, all from the tags.
Wipe Times
What happens on Fooling Around on wipe day?
The average peak across recent wipes: 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 17 hours after it. Half the peak was held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
When does Fooling Around wipe?
The only wipe at Fooling Around is the monthly force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. This world has been running 24 days 9 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Server Details
Is Fooling Around up, and how does its uptime hold?
Right now Fooling Around is online. 129 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days: 77% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Tracker was 20 September 2026.
What Rust version is Fooling Around on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Fooling Around runs. Steam updates it for you; your game must share the protocol to join.
What location is Fooling Around hosted in?
No region is published by Fooling Around. Rust Tracker displays the location a server claims; it does not verify where the machine sits. You connect at 76.16.72.212:28115.
Player Count
Is Fooling Around busy?
Tracking Fooling Around: 0 of 10 slots filled. Over seven days: average 0, peak 2 players. At 01:00 UTC it drew its highest average of the last 48 hours: 1 players.
How does Fooling Around compare in the rankings?
On player hours over seven days, Fooling Around ranks #4,821, inside the top 22% of all ranked servers. Position #304 among quad servers.
Map and Rules
Which settings and rules are confirmed on Fooling Around?
Nothing in Fooling Around's name states a gather rate. A limit of 4 players applies per group (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's lighter mode, with part of your loot kept. Fighting and raiding between players are on. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count stands at Oxide. On: VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
What map is Fooling Around on?
A procedural map runs on Fooling Around, generated by the game.
How to Join
How do you get onto Fooling Around?
To connect: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 76.16.72.212:28115 in the console. Or use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and join.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^s,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore
mp10
ts4
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^s
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.