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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,832EUfirst seen 13 Oct 2026

Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL

Online EU 163.5.63.121:28015 checked 10m ago

2x duo weekly wipes vanillamoddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#4,832
top 22% · #1678 in EU
Last wipe
6d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
8h
Thu 29 Oct, 19:06 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5211:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040011:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

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 13 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
15k10k15k20k13 Oct16 Oct19 Oct23 Oct26 Oct29 Oct

Top 22% of all ranked servers, top 58% in EU, and #256 of the duo servers (top 61%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 19:06 UTC, in 8h. Every Thursday at 19:06 UTC · low confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 4

Coming wipes

8h
Thu 29 Oct, 19:06 UTC
7d 8h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
14d 8h
Thu 12 Nov, 19:06 UTC
21d 8h
Thu 19 Nov, 19:06 UTC
28d 8h
Thu 26 Nov, 19:06 UTC
35d 8h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
42d 8h
Thu 10 Dec, 19:06 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 45 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 19:06 UTC6d ago 3 – running 1
Thu 15 Oct, 19:05 UTC13d ago 3 halved by day 4 7 days 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 Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL is #4,832, #1,678 in Europe, placing it in the top 22% of ranked servers. It places #256 among servers of the duo kind.

How busy is Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL?

Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL holds 0 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 3 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 12:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts2 (Group limit): The team limit is 2; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe takes place; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. 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 Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL?

These Rust Population lists include Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL: 2x Rust servers: the live count, Rust population on duo servers, Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 2x and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. Peak came 45 hours into the latest wipe. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 4.

What is the wipe schedule on Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL?

Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL follows a wipe rhythm of every Thursday at 19:06 UTC. On Thursday 29 October at 19:06 UTC its next wipe is due. The world it runs now dates from 6 days 15 hours ago. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL run?

A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 169782610, generated by the game, is in use on Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL?

You gather at 2x on Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL, to judge by the name. 2 is the most a group can hold (duo). This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Carbon plugins are in use here. Vanilla is the label it uses: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL run?

On Linux, Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 142 server fps, with 104 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 73,148, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,818 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 4 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL located?

By its EU tag, Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL says it is in Europe. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 163.5.63.121:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Winterforge | [EU] Solo/Duo 2x | Weekly Wipe | QoL?

Either enter client.connect 163.5.63.121:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://winterforge.top.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^w,^v,EU,gmrust,cs168909,ts2

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players The server has 100 slots.
ts2
Group limit The team limit is 2.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly A weekly wipe takes place.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is under Europe.

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.