The BAD idea
139.180.52.71:28015 checked 9m 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 72% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Quick answers
Player Numbers
Where does The BAD idea sit in the rankings?
In the top 72% of all ranked servers, The BAD idea is #15,947 on player hours for the last seven days.
What is the player count on The BAD idea?
The current player count for The BAD idea is 0, out of 100 slots. Averaged across the last seven days: 0 players.
Server Tags
How should the tags on The BAD idea be interpreted?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags The BAD idea publishes are: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp100 (Max players): Slot count is 100; ts8 (Group limit): The game default is 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: join only if your game matches this version; cs165217 (Build): Running build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): Region code missing; ^p (PvE): PvE: the world provides the danger, not other players. Current players, queue and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
The BAD idea in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include The BAD idea are: Rust community servers, ranked and Best Rust PvE servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server Details
The BAD idea Rust version: which one?
On Windows, The BAD idea runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
The BAD idea performance: is it smooth?
Over 48 hours, it averaged 80 server fps; the lowest was 69. It held up to 110,114 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. Memory use peaked at 7,010 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
What is the uptime and reliability of The BAD idea?
The BAD idea is currently online. The uptime it reports shows a restart roughly 18 days 14 hours ago. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 168 of 168 hours, 100% of the time. On 15 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
The BAD idea location: where is it?
There is no region published by The BAD idea. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 139.180.52.71:28015 is its address.
Settings & Map
The BAD idea map: which one is it?
A procedural map of size 4,500 and seed 6738 is what The BAD idea runs, generated by the game. On RustMaps, from this page, the same size and seed show the same map.
The BAD idea rules and settings: what are they?
No gather rate appears in the name of The BAD idea. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. It runs pve, no combat against other players. Under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Cycle
The BAD idea wipe schedule: what does it show?
The record holds too few wipes for The BAD idea to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server, and the next is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world in play was made 28 days 23 hours.
Join Server
The BAD idea joining: how is it done?
Enter client.connect 139.180.52.71:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^p,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode Survival as standard in Rust.
mp100- Max players Slot count is 100.
ts8- Group limit The game default is 8 per team.
v2633- Protocol Protocol 2633: join only if your game matches this version.
cs165217- Build Running build 165217.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
Gameplay
^p- PvE PvE: the world provides the danger, not other players.
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.