BestRust
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 30%.
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
81.231.253.216:28015
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 30% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 81.231.253.216:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 4 Oct 2026, 17:22 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 3 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 are BestRust's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of BestRust. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You find Oxide plugins in use. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
What's the map on BestRust?
BestRust uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on BestRust?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference are the tags BestRust puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Where does BestRust appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take BestRust 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 week.
Server info
What's the location of BestRust?
No region comes from BestRust. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 81.231.253.216:28015.
What's the uptime like on BestRust?
BestRust is up as you read this. Uptime over the last 4 full days came to 27%, 26 hours from 96. 3 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is BestRust using?
On Windows, BestRust runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
How does BestRust handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
When does BestRust wipe?
With so few of BestRust's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 4 days 2 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Where does BestRust sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put BestRust at #6,886, in the top 30% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on BestRust?
BestRust is showing 0 players on 10 slots right now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
Join the server
How do you connect to BestRust?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 81.231.253.216:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.