253
Online 85.190.161.104:11200 checked 8m ago
Measurements
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 3 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does 253 rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,411 for player hours, which puts 253 in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is 253?
Of its 50 slots, 253 is using 0 right now. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
Tags
What do the server tags on 253 mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags 253 publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include 253?
These Rust Population lists include 253: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on 253?
Too few wipes are on record for 253 to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 25 days ago.
Settings
Which map does 253 run?
253 uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 6738. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on 253?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: 253 states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does 253 run?
On Windows, 253 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does 253 run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 10 server fps, with 10 as the lowest. Up to 66,317 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,104 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is 253 online, and how reliable is it?
You will find 253 online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 3 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 3 October 2026.
Where is 253 located?
Nothing published by 253 states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 85.190.161.104:11200 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join 253?
Either enter client.connect 85.190.161.104:11200 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.