Fooling Around
76.16.72.212:28115 checked 9m 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
Top 22% of all ranked servers, and #306 of the quad servers (top 37%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 12h. 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
- 22d 12hThu 5 Nov, 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 02:13 UTC 10d ago | 2 | – | running | 1 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:26 UTC 12d ago | 1 | held half | 2 days | 1 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 21:46 UTC 21d 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
Quick answers
Player Count
What is the rank of Fooling Around?
Over the last seven days, Fooling Around ranks #4,954 in player hours, which is in the top 22% of ranked servers. In the quad category, its position is #306.
Is Fooling Around busy?
The current player count for Fooling Around is 0, out of 10 slots. The average player count over the last seven days is 0, with a peak of 1. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 19:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server Tags
How should the tags on Fooling Around be interpreted?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags Fooling Around publishes are: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset: softcore; mp10 (Max players): Slot count is 10; ts4 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 4; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches this version; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): On death, you keep part of your inventory in this easier Facepunch mode; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter gameplay. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
Fooling Around in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Fooling Around are: Best modded Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that bring it up are: 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.
Server Details
Fooling Around Rust version: which one?
The combination is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows for Fooling Around. Steam updates your game automatically, but it needs to match the protocol to join.
How reliable is Fooling Around and is it online?
Fooling Around is currently online. It was up 76% of the time over the last 7 full days, 128 of 168 hours. On 20 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
Where can Fooling Around be found?
There is no region published by Fooling Around. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 76.16.72.212:28115 is its address.
Rules & Map
Fooling Around map: which one is it?
Procedural map: that is what Fooling Around runs, and it is generated by the game.
Fooling Around rules and settings: what are they?
A gather rate is not given in the name Fooling Around. The group limit stands at 4 players, listed as quad. Listed as softcore, Facepunch's mode for easier play: part of your loot is kept. Player combat and raiding are enabled. Listed as Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are used. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Information
When does Fooling Around wipe?
Fooling Around wipes at the monthly force wipe only. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world in play was made 10 days 3 hours. Monthly wipes appear in its tags.
What happens on wipe day on Fooling Around?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 1 players. 17 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of recent wipes.
How to Join
Fooling Around joining: how is it done?
Enter client.connect 76.16.72.212:28115 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,gmsoftcore,cs167781,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore- Game mode An easier ruleset: softcore.
mp10- Max players Slot count is 10.
ts4- Group limit Team size is capped at 4.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches this version.
cs167781- Build Build 167781.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.
Difficulty
^s- Softcore On death, you keep part of your inventory in this easier Facepunch mode.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter 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.