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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,903habitat unknownfirst seen 3 Oct 2026

Winterwunderland

Online 157.85.87.43:28449 checked 1h ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 12
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 4
Rank
#5,903
top 27%
Last wipe
24d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75119:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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. 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
15k10k15k20k3 Oct8 Oct13 Oct18 Oct23 Oct28 Oct

Top 27% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

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

5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 7 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 12:45 UTC24d ago 5 – 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

Population

How does Winterwunderland rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Winterwunderland at #5,903, within the top 27% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Winterwunderland?

The count reads 0 players on Winterwunderland, which has 12 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 4. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 13:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Winterwunderland mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Winterwunderland is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp12 (Max players): 12 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Winterwunderland?

Winterwunderland appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Winterwunderland?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 5 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 7 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Winterwunderland?

Too few wipes are on record for Winterwunderland to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 24 days ago.

Settings

Which map does Winterwunderland run?

The map on Winterwunderland is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 509261183. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Winterwunderland?

No gather rate appears in the name of Winterwunderland. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Winterwunderland run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Winterwunderland uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Winterwunderland run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 80 server fps, with 57 as the lowest. The entity count reached 102,738: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 5,158 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Winterwunderland online, and how reliable is it?

Winterwunderland is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 40 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 3 October 2026.

Where is Winterwunderland located?

No region is published by Winterwunderland. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 157.85.87.43:28449.

How to join

How do I join Winterwunderland?

Either enter client.connect 157.85.87.43:28449 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp12,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp12
Max players 12 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.