THE BEST
Offline 157.85.95.6:22983 checked 7d ago
Measurements
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 12 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 22 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct, 18:14 UTC12d ago | 4 | – | running | 2 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 18:07 UTC14d ago | 5 | held half | 2 days | 3 |
| Mon 12 Oct, 08:54 UTC16d ago | 6 | held half | 2.4 days | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does THE BEST rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, THE BEST places at #13,155, within the top 59% of ranked servers.
How busy is THE BEST?
THE BEST is offline at this count; we last saw it 7 days 2 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on THE BEST mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags THE BEST publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include THE BEST?
THE BEST appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on THE BEST?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 5 players. 22 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on THE BEST?
No next wipe can be predicted for THE BEST, which wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 12 days 2 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does THE BEST run?
The map on THE BEST is procedural, made by the game at size 2,899 from seed 1967448719. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on THE BEST?
No gather rate appears in the name of THE BEST. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does THE BEST run?
On Linux, THE BEST runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is THE BEST online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, THE BEST was last seen 7 days 2 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 4 of 168 hours were online, or 2%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 12 October 2026.
Where is THE BEST located?
Nothing published by THE BEST states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 157.85.95.6:22983 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join THE BEST?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.85.95.6:22983. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.