Fossil's Playground
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 1/ 50 2% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪n/a no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 1 peak 1
- Rank
- #8,954 top 40% · #164 in OC
- Rank · 7d ago
- #12,695 ▲3741 places up
- Last wipe
- 4d ago monthly schedule
- Next wipe
- 22d 21h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
- Group limit
- quad players per team
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 8 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 3750 Procedural Map · seed 3671786
- First seen
- 2 Oct 2026 no hostname published
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 bestTop 40% of all ranked servers, top 74% in OC, and #477 of the quad servers (top 58%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes only- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 21hThu 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 Oct, 23:07 UTC4d 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
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU SoftcoreOC · quad · monthly · 59 on average | 17/150 | ▼−10−37.8% | |
| 2 | RustForNoobs.com | Solo Duo Trio | Monthly AUOC · trio · monthly · 54 on average | 15/200 | ▼−5−25.9% | |
| 3 | [EA] Softcore 1quad · monthly · 123 on average | 36/350 | ▼−5−12.6% | |
| 4 | [EU] Facepunch Softcore 1EU · quad · monthly · 102 on average | 112/400 | ▲+17+18.3% | |
| 5 | WARBANDITS.GG AU 2X Monthly |Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad|Shared BPs|OC · quad · 2x · monthly · 21 on average | 6/100 | ▲+3+80.0% | |
| 6 | [RU] Friendly Rust – Vanilla Softcore | 2x2 РусскийEU · quad · monthly · 14 on average | 12/100 | ▲+2+15.2% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer Rules
How is Fossil's Playground configured in terms of rules and settings?
No gather rate appears in the name of Fossil's Playground. quad caps groups at 4 players. It runs softcore, Facepunch's easier mode: you keep part of your loot. You can fight and raid other players. Community is its listing in the server browser. Rust premium status is required to join. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is played on Fossil's Playground?
Fossil's Playground uses a procedural map of size 3,750 with seed 3671786, generated by the game. You can see the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Population
What position does Fossil's Playground hold in the server rankings?
On seven-day player hours, Fossil's Playground sits at #8,954, in the top 40% across ranked servers and #164 in Oceania. In the quad group, it ranks #477.
How full is Fossil's Playground?
At present, Fossil's Playground is offline; the last sighting was 3 days 13 hours ago. The mean over the last seven days is 1 players, reaching 1 at its highest.
Wipe Frequency
How does Fossil's Playground handle wipe day?
Recent wipes at this server drew an average peak of 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often does Fossil's Playground wipe?
A single monthly wipe is what Fossil's Playground runs: the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes at that time. Its world now is 4 days 22 hours old. The tags state monthly wipes.
Server Overview
What is the server location for Fossil's Playground?
The OC tag and Oceania are what Fossil's Playground lists for itself. The location shown by Rust Analytics is the one a server states; it does not verify the machine's position. You can reach it at 51.161.198.94:28055.
Fossil's Playground runs which version of Rust?
The build is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Linux, running on Fossil's Playground. Your game needs the same protocol to get in; Steam takes care of the update.
Is Fossil's Playground up, and how consistent is its uptime?
No response from Fossil's Playground. It was last seen 3 days 13 hours ago. 7 full days have passed with 6% uptime, 10 of 168 hours. The earliest Rust Analytics saw it was 2 October 2026.
Tags and Rankings
What is the meaning of the tags on Fossil's Playground?
These tags are published by Fossil's Playground and read by the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The softcore ruleset, an easier mode; mp50 (Max players): It holds 50 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Team size caps at 4; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the network layer the game ships with; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: one wipe a month; ^s (Softcore): Facepunch's softcore mode returns part of your inventory after death; ^q (Premium): Rust premium status is required to join; OC (Oceania): The server browser files it under Oceania. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
Fossil's Playground appears in which of the lists and filters on Rust Analytics?
The following Rust Analytics lists feature Fossil's Playground: Rust servers in Oceania and Rust community servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Softcore ^s and Premium ^q; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
How to Join
What is the process to join Fossil's Playground?
Type client.connect 51.161.198.94:28055 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. Rust premium status is required to join.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^s,OC,gmsoftcore,cs167398,^q,ts4
Game
gmsoftcore
mp50
ts4
v2634
cs167398
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^s
Mods and access
^q
Region
OC
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.