BEST_BUDS
Offline 216.138.10.158:28015 checked 6h ago
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.
- wipe-day peak
- 0players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 OCT 2026Fri 2 Oct, 08:19 UTC26d ago |
0 | – | running | 0 |
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.
Settings and map
What settings and rules does BEST_BUDS run?
The name of BEST_BUDS does not state a gather rate. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are possible. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on BEST_BUDS?
BEST_BUDS runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry BEST_BUDS?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is BEST_BUDS: Community Rust servers, indexed. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags are attached to BEST_BUDS, and what do they stand for?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: BEST_BUDS gives gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipes and resets
What happens on wipe day at BEST_BUDS?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 0 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often is BEST_BUDS wiped, and on what schedule?
The record holds too few of BEST_BUDS's wipes to tell its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now was made 26 days 19 hours.
Population
Where does BEST_BUDS sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places BEST_BUDS at #15,358, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on BEST_BUDS at the moment?
At present BEST_BUDS is offline; its last sighting was 6 hours ago. Filed under seven-day average: 0 players.
Server details
Which Rust build is BEST_BUDS running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what BEST_BUDS runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is BEST_BUDS, and is it online now?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of BEST_BUDS was 6 hours ago. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 28 hours ago. It was up 165 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 98% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 13 September 2026.
What is performance like on BEST_BUDS?
Averaged over the last 48 hours, server fps was 62, with a low of 45. The entity count reached 121,142, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Up to 4,585 MB of memory was in use. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
Where in the world is BEST_BUDS hosted?
BEST_BUDS gives no region at all. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. Connection details: 216.138.10.158:28015.
How to join
What steps lead onto BEST_BUDS?
Enter client.connect 216.138.10.158:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
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.