Winter Rust
Offline 72.71.228.208:28015 checked 5d 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, measured since 25 Sep. 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.
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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 09:44 UTC25d 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
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Winter Rust?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Winter Rust: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Winter Rust mean?
These are the tags Winter Rust publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp200 (Max players): Slots: 200; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Winter Rust rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Winter Rust at #15,423, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Winter Rust right now?
The last sighting of Winter Rust was 5 days 12 hours ago, and it is offline now. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is Winter Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Winter Rust was last seen 5 days 12 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 29%, with 49 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 25 September 2026.
Where is Winter Rust located?
There is no region from Winter Rust. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 72.71.228.208:28015.
Which Rust version is Winter Rust on?
On Linux, Winter Rust runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Winter Rust when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Winter Rust?
Winter Rust's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 25 days 2 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Winter Rust run?
Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on Winter Rust is procedural and 4,250 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Winter Rust?
The name of Winter Rust says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
Join up
How do I join Winter Rust?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 72.71.228.208:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.