The BAD idea
Online 139.180.52.71:28015 checked 13m ago
Vital stats
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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The BAD idea?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The BAD idea: Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The BAD idea mean?
These are the tags The BAD idea publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs165217 (Build): It's on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does The BAD idea rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank The BAD idea at #15,423, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The BAD idea right now?
0 players are on The BAD idea at the moment, out of 100 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is The BAD idea online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, The BAD idea is online. About 8 days 14 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 15 September 2026.
Does The BAD idea run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 91 server fps, with a low of 71. The world carried as many as 110,139 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 5,444 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The BAD idea located?
No region is published by The BAD idea. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 139.180.52.71:28015.
Which Rust version is The BAD idea on?
On Windows, The BAD idea runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The BAD idea?
The record of The BAD idea's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 43 days 1 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does The BAD idea run?
The procedural map on The BAD idea measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 6738. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on The BAD idea?
No gather rate appears in the name of The BAD idea. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join The BAD idea?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 139.180.52.71:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.