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Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

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BEST RUST

Offline 2.72.69.214:28015 checked 25d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 2 slots 100% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#12,318top 54%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep24 Sep28 Sep2 Oct6 Oct10 Oct

Top 54% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

6.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 3 OctFri 2 OctMon 21 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 14:09 UTC25d ago 2 – running 1
Fri 2 Oct, 10:27 UTC26d ago 2 – 1.2 days 0
Mon 21 Sep, 08:59 UTC37d ago 1 held half 11.1 days 1
Mon 14 Sep, 11:25 UTC44d ago 2 held half 6.9 days 2

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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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include BEST RUST?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include BEST RUST: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on BEST RUST mean?

These are the tags BEST RUST publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp2 (Max players): There are 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): It's on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does BEST RUST rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place BEST RUST at #12,318, in the top 54% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on BEST RUST right now?

The last sighting of BEST RUST was 25 days 1 hours ago, and it is offline now.

Server details

Is BEST RUST online, and how reliable is it?

Down at the moment: BEST RUST was last seen 25 days 1 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Where is BEST RUST located?

There is no region from BEST RUST. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 2.72.69.214:28015.

Which Rust version is BEST RUST on?

On Windows, BEST RUST runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on BEST RUST when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on BEST RUST?

There is no next wipe to predict on BEST RUST, because wipes come at irregular times. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 8 hours.

Rules and settings

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. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join BEST RUST?

Enter client.connect 2.72.69.214:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp2
Max players There are 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634.
cs166652
Build It's on game build 166652.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.