Emulation Diag
Offline 173.249.253.68:28020 checked 43d ago
Vital stats
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
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
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Emulation Diag?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Emulation Diag: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Emulation Diag mean?
These are the tags Emulation Diag publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): There are 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633; cs163207 (Build): It's on game build 163207; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Emulation Diag rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,509 puts Emulation Diag in the top – of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Emulation Diag right now?
Emulation Diag went quiet 43 days 7 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server details
Is Emulation Diag online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Emulation Diag was last seen 43 days 7 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 16 September 2026.
Where is Emulation Diag located?
No region is published by Emulation Diag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 173.249.253.68:28020.
Which Rust version is Emulation Diag on?
On Windows, Emulation Diag runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163207. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Emulation Diag?
The record of Emulation Diag's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. 43 days 7 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does Emulation Diag run?
The map on Emulation Diag is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Emulation Diag?
The name of Emulation Diag says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
Join up
How do I join Emulation Diag?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 173.249.253.68:28020. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.