Online 76.16.72.212:28115 checked 13m ago
Fooling Around
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 10 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 21% of all ranked servers, and #300 of the quad servers (top 36%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 6d 21h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 34d 21hThu 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.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 02:13 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | running | 1 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:26 UTC27d ago | 1 | held half | 2 days | 1 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 21:46 UTC36d 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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is Fooling Around online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Fooling Around is online. The last 7 full days put it at 142 of 168 hours up, 85% uptime. On 20 September 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Which Rust version is Fooling Around on?
On Windows, Fooling Around runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is Fooling Around located?
No region is published by Fooling Around. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. 76.16.72.212:28115 is the address.
Lists and filters
What do the server tags on Fooling Around mean?
gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset: softcore; mp10 (Max players): It holds 10 slots; ts4 (Group limit): No more than 4 to a team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe comes once a month, with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^s (Softcore): On this server you keep some of your inventory when you die, which makes it the softer Facepunch mode; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded is its category: plugins or settings change how it plays are the tags Fooling Around publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Fooling Around?
These Rust Player Stats lists take Fooling Around: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server rules
Which map is running on Fooling Around?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Fooling Around runs.
What are the rules and settings on Fooling Around?
Nothing in the name of Fooling Around states a gather rate. A group holds 4 players at most (quad). It plays as softcore, On Facepunch's easier mode, part of your loot stays with you. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
How full is Fooling Around right now?
The board shows Fooling Around at 0 players, with 10 slots in total. Seven days back gives an average of 0 players and a peak of 2. Peak traffic in the last 48 hours landed at 01:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Where does Fooling Around sit in the rankings?
Ranked #4,757 on seven-day player hours, Fooling Around is in the top 21% of all ranked servers. The quad table places it at #300.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Fooling Around?
Once a month, Fooling Around wipes with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes, and that is its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 25 days 19 hours ago, its current world was made. The wipe schedule in its tags is monthly.
What does wipe day look like on Fooling Around?
1 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. 17 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
Joining the server
How do I join Fooling Around?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 76.16.72.212:28115. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished 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.