Online 139.180.52.71:28015 checked 11m ago
The BAD idea
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 100 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is The BAD idea online, and how reliable is it?
The lights are on at The BAD idea: online as you read this. The reported uptime puts the last restart at roughly 8 days 14 hours ago. 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 167 of 168 hours up. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 15 September 2026.
Does The BAD idea run smoothly?
The last 48 hours average out at 89 server fps; it never dropped below 71. Up to 110,139 entities sat in the world, buildings and deployables included. The memory ceiling was 5,444 MB. What players feel as lag is low fps paired with an entity count on the rise.
Which Rust version is The BAD idea on?
On Windows, The BAD idea runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is The BAD idea located?
There is no region published on The BAD idea. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. 139.180.52.71:28015 is the address.
Server tags
What do the server tags on The BAD idea mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): Slot count: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^p (PvE): No player fights: the world is the danger; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded are the tags The BAD idea publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The BAD idea?
You will find The BAD idea on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Modded Rust servers, live and Best Rust PvE servers (2026). These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
Which map is running on The BAD idea?
The BAD idea runs a game-generated procedural map: size 4,500, seed 6738. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here.
What are the rules and settings on The BAD idea?
No gather rate appears in the name of The BAD idea. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. It plays as pve, no player-versus-player fighting. The server browser files it under Modded: plugins or settings change the game. It runs plugins: Oxide. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Population
What is the population on The BAD idea at the moment?
0 of 100 slots are filled on The BAD idea right now. Averaged out across the past week, the count is 0 players.
Where does The BAD idea sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place The BAD idea at #15,349, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on The BAD idea?
The record holds too few of The BAD idea's wipes to tell its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe lands, and every Rust server wipes. 43 days 14 hours ago is when its current world was made.
How to join
How do I join The BAD idea?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 139.180.52.71:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^p,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
Gameplay
^p
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.