34,939 players on Rust servers right now11,686 servers online2,865 with players on97 fresh wipes in the last three hoursBEST_BUDS: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes34,939 players on Rust servers right now11,686 servers online2,865 with players on97 fresh wipes in the last three hoursBEST_BUDS: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes
newest first · every post is a reading of this server
5h ago
The count
Last seen: 0 of 50 players
0/ 50players now0% full
07-day averagepeak –
#15,358ranktop 69%
26d agolast wipeno schedule published
–next wipetoo few wipes seen yet
Now
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Players on BEST_BUDS
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
48h
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How the server is running
Server performance
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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.
Daily
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Rank #15,358 today
Rank
daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Next
Coming up · wipe schedule
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yet
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
0wipe-day peakplayers, 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
newest first
26d ago
The current map
Wipe peaks at 0 players
Friday 2 October 2026, 08:19 UTC
Peak
0
Crowd
–
Lasted
running
Players before
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
Recent wipes on this server averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
QHow often does BEST_BUDS wipe, and at what times?
Too few wipes are recorded for BEST_BUDS to establish a pattern. Every server in Rust, this one among them, wipes at the monthly force wipe; Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next. This world dates from 26 days 18 hours.
Tags and filters
QWhich Rust Live Stats filters and lists does BEST_BUDS show up in?
These are the Rust Live Stats lists BEST_BUDS fits: Live Rust community servers. You will find it on the server list under Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
QHow should you read the tags on BEST_BUDS?
gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams stop at 8, the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): You need protocol 2635 on your game to get in; cs168909 (Build): Build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): The server sets no region code: that is the tag list BEST_BUDS publishes for the game's server browser. Players now, queue length and world creation time are carried in the tags too, and appear at the top of this page.
Player counts
QHow many players are on BEST_BUDS right now?
BEST_BUDS reads offline at the moment; the last sighting was 5 hours ago. Averaged over seven days: 0 players.
QHow does BEST_BUDS compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
Ranked by seven-day player hours, BEST_BUDS is #15,358, placing it in the top 69% of ranked servers.
Map and rules
QWhat settings and rules does BEST_BUDS run?
No gather rate appears in the name BEST_BUDS. Eight players per group, which is the game's default. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. You can raid and fight other players. You find it under Community in the server browser. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is enabled.
QCan you tell me the map for BEST_BUDS?
Size 4,500, seed 1337: that is the procedural map the game generates for BEST_BUDS. RustMaps shows it from this page, since equal size and seed give an equal map.
About the server
QWhat location is BEST_BUDS in?
There is no region from BEST_BUDS. Where the machine stands is not checked by Rust Live Stats; only the location a server states is shown. 216.138.10.158:28015 is its address.
QIs performance on BEST_BUDS steady?
Server fps averaged 62 over the last 48 hours, with a low of 45. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world added up to a maximum of 121,142 entities. Memory use peaked at 4,585 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt as lag by players.
QWhat Rust version is BEST_BUDS on?
BEST_BUDS operates on Linux with Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
QDoes BEST_BUDS stay online, and is it up right now?
BEST_BUDS is currently offline, with its last appearance 5 hours ago. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 28 hours ago. 165 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, giving 98% uptime. Rust Live Stats has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Connecting
QHow do you get onto BEST_BUDS?
Enter client.connect 216.138.10.158:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust). Another way is Launch Rust and join on this page: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
what each one means
Published asmp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game modeThe game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limitTeams stop at 8, the default the game ships with.
v2635
ProtocolYou need protocol 2635 on your game to get in.
cs168909
BuildBuild: 168909.
ptrak
NetworkingRakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one.
$r?
Region codeThe server sets no region code.
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.