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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,026habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

WinterPeg

Online 142.160.234.81:28015 checked 10m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#8,026
top 36%
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75117:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 36% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 2h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:20 UTC FW27d ago 1 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does WinterPeg rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #8,026 for player hours, which puts WinterPeg in the top 36% of all ranked servers.

How busy is WinterPeg?

Of its 1 slots, WinterPeg is using 0 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. Look at the last 48 hours and 01:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on WinterPeg mean?

These are the tags WinterPeg publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include WinterPeg?

On Rust Population, WinterPeg is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on WinterPeg?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on WinterPeg?

The force wipe is the only wipe WinterPeg takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 27 days 21 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does WinterPeg run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on WinterPeg.

What are the rules and settings on WinterPeg?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: WinterPeg states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does WinterPeg run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for WinterPeg. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is WinterPeg online, and how reliable is it?

You will find WinterPeg online now. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is WinterPeg located?

No region is published by WinterPeg. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 142.160.234.81:28015.

Getting in

How do I join WinterPeg?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 142.160.234.81:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.