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BestRust

Offline 81.231.253.216:28015 checked 11d ago

moddedoxide
Sp1 · players now 1/ 10
10% full
Li1 · players, the last 48 hours · hourly average, UTC
No hourly readings in the last 48 hours
0
7-day average
peak –
#12,937
rank
top 59%
18d ago
last wipe
no schedule published
–
next wipe
too few wipes seen yet
UTC checked 11d ago

Li2Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Li3Server 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.

Li4Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k3 Oct7 Oct11 Oct16 Oct20 Oct24 Oct

Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Bx1Wipe 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.

6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 10 OctSun 4 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

Bx2Wipes

newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 10 Oct, 18:21 UTC18d ago 1 – running 1
Sun 4 Oct, 17:22 UTC24d ago 1 halved by day 3 6 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.

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LogQuick answers

from the figures on this page

Wipe day

What does wipe day look like on BestRust?

At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that held in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that did not hold, numbers dropped below half by day 3.

What is the wipe schedule on BestRust?

The record of BestRust's wipes is not yet long enough to show a rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe resets every Rust server. The world in play now was made 18 days 17 hours ago.

Population

How busy is BestRust?

The last time BestRust was seen was 11 days 21 hours ago, and it is offline now.

How does BestRust rank against other Rust servers?

Ranked #12,937 on seven-day player hours, BestRust is in the top 59% of all ranked servers.

Rules and settings

Which map does BestRust run?

The game generates the procedural map on BestRust.

What are the rules and settings on BestRust?

The name BestRust does not specify a gather rate. Groups can contain up to 8 players, the default in the game. The server runs survival, standard play: gathering, building and raiding. Players can fight each other, and raids are allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins run on this server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned off.

Location and uptime

Which version of Rust does BestRust run?

The build on BestRust is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, running on Windows. Steam updates your game for you, and the protocol has to match for you to join.

Is BestRust online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment: BestRust was last seen 11 days 21 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, which is 0%. It first appears in Rust Heatmap records on 3 October 2026.

Where is BestRust located?

A region is not published for BestRust. A server says where it is, and Rust Heatmap shows that. The machine's actual location is not looked up. 81.231.253.216:28015 is its address.

Tags

Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include BestRust?

Modded Rust servers, by live population are the Rust Heatmap lists that BestRust fits. You will find it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on BestRust mean?

These are the tags BestRust publishes for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard rules; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: 8 per team at most; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2634, so your game has to match it; cs167781 (Build): The game build here is 167781; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Settings or plugins alter the game, which puts it under Modded. Also in the tags, shown at the top of this page: players now, the queue and the time the world was made.

Connect

How do I join BestRust?

Enter client.connect 81.231.253.216:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you.

KeyServer tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, standard rules.
mp10
Max players Slot count: 10.
ts8
Group limit The game default applies: 8 per team at most.
v2634
Protocol The server runs game protocol 2634, so your game has to match it.
cs167781
Build The game build here is 167781.
ptrak
Networking Standard game networking here, which is RakNet.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Plugins run through Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded Settings or plugins alter the game, which puts it 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.