A119/ 200 players
PvE#15,974
The BAD idea
Online 139.180.52.71:28015 checked 9m ago
pve
players now0of 100 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,974top 71%
last wipe · restocked28d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 71% 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
newest first| 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.
Also on the shelf
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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on The BAD idea?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp100 (Max players): The cap is 100; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: your game must match to get in; cs165217 (Build): It runs on build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): PvP is off; the world does the killing is what The BAD idea tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The BAD idea in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature The BAD idea are: Community Rust servers in stock and PvE Rust servers in stock. It shows 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.
Map and rules
Which map is currently on The BAD idea?
A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 6738, generated by the game, is what The BAD idea runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on The BAD idea?
There is no gather rate in the name The BAD idea. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. You play pve, no player-versus-player fighting. In the server browser it is listed under Community, being a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
What is the location of The BAD idea?
No region is published by The BAD idea. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 139.180.52.71:28015.
What is the uptime like on The BAD idea?
You can grab The BAD idea: it is online as we speak. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 18 days 6 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 15 September 2026.
How well does The BAD idea perform?
Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 81, with a low of 70. At its peak it held 110,114 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. The highest memory reading was 7,010 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
What version does The BAD idea use?
The setup: The BAD idea on Windows, Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Population
How does The BAD idea compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The BAD idea at #15,974, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Is The BAD idea busy at the moment?
Right now 100 slots in The BAD idea hold 0 players. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
Wipe schedule
How often does The BAD idea wipe?
There are not yet enough recorded wipes from The BAD idea to reveal its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 28 days 15 hours ago.
How to join
What is the way to join The BAD idea?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 139.180.52.71:28015. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^p,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp100
Max players The cap is 100.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2633
Protocol Protocol 2633: your game must match to get in.
cs165217
Build It runs on build 165217.
ptrak
Networking The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.
Gameplay
^p
PvE PvP is off; the world does the killing.
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.