Element card · group Community · atomic number 13,657, its rank
Fossil's Playground
Offline OC 51.161.198.94:28055 checked 9d 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, measured since 2 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is best
Top 62% of all ranked servers, top 82% in OC, and #579 of the quad servers (top 70%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 19hThu 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 Oct, 23:07 UTC19d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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
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What map is in play on Fossil's Playground?
Fossil's Playground runs a procedural map of size 3,750 with seed 3671786; the game generates it. The map repeats when size and seed match, and you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What rules has Fossil's Playground set, and what settings are in force?
Nothing in the name of Fossil's Playground gives a gather rate. You get up to 4 players per group (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's softer mode: part of your loot stays with you. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. Joining requires Rust's premium status. Anti-cheat is on: Valve's VAC.
About the server
Which location is Fossil's Playground based in?
The OC tag is how Fossil's Playground lists itself, in Oceania. The location shown is the one a server states; Rust Data Lab does not check where the machine actually stands. 51.161.198.94:28055 is the address it uses.
Which Rust version is Fossil's Playground on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what Fossil's Playground uses. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
How dependable is Fossil's Playground for staying online?
Right now Fossil's Playground is offline, with its last appearance 9 days 15 hours ago. It was online for 0 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 0% uptime. On 2 October 2026, Rust Data Lab saw it for the first time.
Wipes and resets
How often does a wipe happen on Fossil's Playground, and at what time?
Once a month is all Fossil's Playground wipes, with the force wipe. The next time this server wipes will be the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which wipes every Rust server. Counting back, the current world began 19 days ago. Wipes monthly, according to the schedule in its tags.
On Fossil's Playground, what happens when wipe day arrives?
Averaged across its recent wipes, the busiest point drew 1 players. The latest wipe's peak fell 0 hours after it began.
Where it appears
Which meanings sit behind the tags on Fossil's Playground?
The game's server browser reads the tags Fossil's Playground publishes, which are gmsoftcore (Game mode): The rules are softcore, which is easier; mp50 (Max players): Player slots: 50; ts4 (Group limit): Teams cap at 4 players; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634 is required; join only if your game matches it; cs167781 (Build): Build number: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to Facepunch's force wipe; ^s (Softcore): Softcore, Facepunch's easier mode: death leaves you part of your inventory; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; OC (Oceania): In the browser it sits under Oceania. Also in the tags are the players on now, the queue length and the world's creation time, and you can see them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does Fossil's Playground appear in?
You will find Fossil's Playground on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Rust servers in Oceania and Rust community servers, measured. Applying these filters on the server list returns it: Region: Oceania; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s and Premium ^q; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Player numbers
What position does Fossil's Playground hold among Rust servers?
Player hours for the past seven days give Fossil's Playground #13,657, #177 in Oceania, and a place in the top 62% of ranked servers. Within quad, its rank is #579.
What does the current player count on Fossil's Playground tell you?
Fossil's Playground is offline at the moment; the last sighting was 9 days 15 hours ago.
How to join
What steps get you onto Fossil's Playground?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 51.161.198.94:28055, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you. Joining requires Rust's premium status.