BEST RUST
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 60%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
2.73.103.226:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Top 60% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 2.73.103.226:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 2
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 7 Oct 2026, 14:39 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 7 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does BEST RUST use?
There is no gather rate in the name of BEST RUST. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on BEST RUST?
BEST RUST uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
How should you read the tags on BEST RUST?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp2 (Max players): 2 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs167058 (Build): Build 167058; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays are the tags BEST RUST puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does BEST RUST appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take BEST RUST are: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Server details
What's the physical location of BEST RUST?
From BEST RUST, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 2.73.103.226:28015.
What's the uptime like on BEST RUST?
Last seen 9 hours ago, BEST RUST is offline at the moment. 7 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is BEST RUST using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Windows: that is BEST RUST. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
BEST RUST wipes on what schedule?
With so few of BEST RUST's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 10 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Ranking wise, where does BEST RUST place?
Player hours over seven days put BEST RUST at #14,246, in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
What's the player count on BEST RUST?
Offline. BEST RUST was last seen 9 hours ago. The average over the last seven days was 0 players, with a peak of 2. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 16:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Join the server
How do you connect to BEST RUST?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 2.73.103.226:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167058,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.