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Exhibit no. 10,961Acc. 2026.10961
THE BEST
Rust server · in the archive since 12 October 2026
Offline 157.85.95.6:22983 checked 6d ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
12 Oct Last seen 12 Oct08:54 14 Oct18:07 16 Oct18:14
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectedlast seen, 21 Oct 2026, 19:20 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Fri 16 Oct 202618:14 UTC11d ago
- Peak
- 4
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 2
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Wed 14 Oct 202618:07 UTC13d ago
- Peak
- 5
- Crowd
- held half
- Lasted
- 2 days
- Players before
- 3
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Mon 12 Oct 202608:54 UTC15d ago
- Peak
- 6
- Crowd
- held half
- Lasted
- 2.4 days
- Players before
- 1
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.
The rhythm
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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 22 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 12 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 49% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags and filters
What do the server tags on THE BEST mean?
These tags from THE BEST, read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to join; cs167781 (Build): Build number: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is installed here; ^z (Modded): Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include THE BEST?
The Rust Server History lists that feature THE BEST are: Modded Rust servers: the record. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
The record
Which version of Rust does THE BEST run?
The recorded build for THE BEST is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is THE BEST online, and how reliable is it?
Offline now, THE BEST was last seen 6 days 7 hours ago. 4 of 168 hours, or 2% of the time, over the last 7 full days. 12 October 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is THE BEST located?
No region is published by THE BEST. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. Its entry gives 157.85.95.6:22983 as the address.
Wipe record
What does wipe day look like on THE BEST?
An average peak of 5 players was drawn by its recent wipes. At 22 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on THE BEST?
No next wipe can be predicted: THE BEST wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. 11 days 8 hours ago its current world was made.
Population
How does THE BEST rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last seven days put THE BEST at #10,961: a place in the top 49% of all ranked servers.
How busy is THE BEST?
THE BEST is offline at present, having last been seen 6 days 7 hours ago. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 1 players and a peak of 2.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on THE BEST?
No gather rate is stated in the name of THE BEST. No group may exceed 8 players, the default set by the game. Recorded as survival, with this note: gather, build, raid: the standard game. You may fight and raid other players. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. Oxide plugins are running. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does THE BEST run?
A procedural map of size 2,899 with seed 1967448719 is what THE BEST runs, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
Join record
How do I join THE BEST?
Enter client.connect 157.85.95.6:22983 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.