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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,960habitat unknownfirst seen 3 Oct 2026

BEST RUST

Offline 2.73.178.62:28015 checked 21d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 2
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,960
top 71%
Last wipe
24d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k3 Oct5 Oct7 Oct10 Oct12 Oct14 Oct

Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 19 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 17:32 UTC24d ago 2 – running 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does BEST RUST rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, BEST RUST places at #15,960, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

How busy is BEST RUST?

BEST RUST is offline at this count; we last saw it 21 days 10 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on BEST RUST mean?

These are the tags BEST RUST publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include BEST RUST?

On Rust Population, BEST RUST is filed under these lists: 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.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on BEST RUST?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 19 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on BEST RUST?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of BEST RUST's wipes are on record. 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 24 days 2 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does BEST RUST run?

The map on BEST RUST is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on BEST RUST?

No gather rate appears in the name of BEST RUST. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does BEST RUST run?

On Windows, BEST RUST runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is BEST RUST online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, BEST RUST was last seen 21 days 10 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 3 October 2026.

Where is BEST RUST located?

Nothing published by BEST RUST states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 2.73.178.62:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join BEST RUST?

Either enter client.connect 2.73.178.62:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp2
Max players You can join up to 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166652
Build Game build: 166652.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.