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Blood Steel and Bad Decisions

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Offline · checked 21d ago · 2.84.253.158:35005

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Blood Steel and Bad Decisions, reached at 2.84.253.158:35005. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,998 of all servers, the top 71%. It last wiped 24d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/1000% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,998top 71%
Last wipe24d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–no wipe seen yet

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

No hourly history yet.
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 71% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k3 Oct5 Oct7 Oct9 Oct11 Oct13 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

5.2History

Table 2: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of Blood Steel and Bad Decisions
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map, size 6000, seed 67821251. Open on RustMaps.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address2.84.253.158:35005
Region–
Max players100
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe3 Oct 2026, 20:01 UTC
Hostname–
First seen3 Oct 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size6000
Seed67821251

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are rust community servers listed [2] and next Rust wipe times [3].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 511 on average583/625
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 340 on average32/250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 337 on average72/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 316 on average288/325
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 280 on average120/200
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 261 on average118/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1What is the location of Blood Steel and Bad Decisions?

A region is not published by Blood Steel and Bad Decisions. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 2.84.253.158:35005.

A.2How reliable is Blood Steel and Bad Decisions, and is it currently online?

Right now, Blood Steel and Bad Decisions is offline, and the last time it was seen was 21 days 5 hours ago. The server was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 3 October 2026.

A.3What is the Rust version for Blood Steel and Bad Decisions?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version that Blood Steel and Bad Decisions runs, on Linux. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.4On what cycle does Blood Steel and Bad Decisions wipe?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for Blood Steel and Bad Decisions to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes place on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC and clears all Rust servers. The world currently in use was created 24 days 2 hours ago.

Population

A.5How does Blood Steel and Bad Decisions compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Blood Steel and Bad Decisions at #15,998, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

A.6How would you characterise the player activity on Blood Steel and Bad Decisions?

The last recorded sighting of Blood Steel and Bad Decisions was 21 days 5 hours ago; it is offline now.

Tags, lists

A.7What is the meaning of the tags on Blood Steel and Bad Decisions?

gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp100 (Max players): It offers 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set: these are the tags Blood Steel and Bad Decisions publishes, and the server browser reads them. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.8Where can Blood Steel and Bad Decisions be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Blood Steel and Bad Decisions fits are: Rust community servers, measured. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules, settings, map

A.9What are the settings and rules that govern Blood Steel and Bad Decisions?

The name of Blood Steel and Bad Decisions states no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.10What is the map for Blood Steel and Bad Decisions?

Size 6,000 and seed 67821251 define the procedural, game-generated map on Blood Steel and Bad Decisions. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

Connection

A.11What is the process for joining Blood Steel and Bad Decisions?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 2.84.253.158:35005. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp100Max players. It offers 100 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2634Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166652Build. The game build is 166652.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.

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.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Rust community servers listed. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.