Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Reset receipt
104.153.105.173:1981
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 219 places on last week. Top 69% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 104.153.105.173:1981
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- resets constantly
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 30 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What settings does Map Gen use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Map Gen. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Map Gen?
A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 76632 is in use on Map Gen, made by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Tags
What do Map Gen's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166440 (Build): Running build 166440; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags Map Gen puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature Map Gen?
The Boongarust lists that take Map Gen are: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Server details
How smooth is Map Gen?
Server fps held an average of 17 across the last 48 hours, minimum 17. The entity count reached 86,622: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 1,319 MB. What players call lag is low fps plus a rising entity count.
Where can you find Map Gen?
No region comes from Map Gen. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 104.153.105.173:1981.
How reliable is Map Gen?
Offline now, Map Gen was last seen 15 hours ago. The uptime it reports suggests a restart around 20 minutes ago. 19 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 11% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 30 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Map Gen have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166440 on Windows: that is Map Gen. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
How often does Map Gen wipe?
A new world arrives every few hours on Map Gen. No wipe schedule, and no reset of those is a wipe.
Player counts
What's Map Gen's rank among Rust servers?
In the top 69% of all ranked servers, Map Gen is #16,330 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players are on Map Gen?
Down right now: Map Gen, last spotted 15 hours back. Averaged 0 players across the last week.
How to join
How do you connect to Map Gen?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 104.153.105.173:1981. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166440,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.