Winter Rust
Online 72.71.228.208:28015 checked 10m ago
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 25 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 09:44 UTC10d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
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.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Winter Rust?
Here are the tags Winter Rust lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp200 (Max players): The cap is 200; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs167584 (Build): It runs on build 167584; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Where does Winter Rust appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Winter Rust: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Rules & map
What map is in play on Winter Rust?
A procedural map, size 4,250 with seed 1, generated by the game, is what Winter Rust runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on Winter Rust?
No gather rate is given in the name of Winter Rust. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs number Oxide. VAC is off.
Server info
What location is Winter Rust in?
There is no region listed for Winter Rust. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. Find it at this address: 72.71.228.208:28015.
How stable is Winter Rust, and is it currently online?
You can grab Winter Rust: it is online as we speak. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 11 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 25 September 2026.
How well does Winter Rust perform?
Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 229, with a low of 215. Up to 103,416 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. The highest memory reading was 3,731 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
Which Rust build is Winter Rust running?
The setup: Winter Rust on Linux, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
What is Winter Rust's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Winter Rust at #15,986, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Winter Rust right now?
Winter Rust is carrying 0 players on 200 slots at the moment. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does Winter Rust wipe?
There are not yet enough recorded wipes from Winter Rust to reveal its rhythm. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 10 days 13 hours ago.
What can you expect on Winter Rust when wipe day comes?
An average of 0 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours in.
How to join
What is the way to join Winter Rust?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 72.71.228.208:28015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167584,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp200
ts8
v2634
cs167584
ptrak
$r?
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.