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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,863habitat unknownfirst seen 10 Oct 2026

anomal winter

Offline 178.176.78.240:28015 checked 17d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 30
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,863
top 72%
Last wipe
22d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

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
15k10k15k20k10 Oct11 Oct13 Oct14 Oct16 Oct17 Oct

Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 anomal winter rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,863 for player hours, which puts anomal winter in the top 72% of all ranked servers.

How busy is anomal winter?

At this count anomal winter is offline, with its last sighting 17 days 13 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on anomal winter mean?

These are the tags anomal winter publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp30 (Max players): The server has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include anomal winter?

On Rust Population, anomal winter is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on anomal winter?

The record holds too few of anomal winter's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 22 days 17 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does anomal winter run?

anomal winter uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on anomal winter?

No gather rate appears in the name of anomal winter. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does anomal winter run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what anomal winter uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is anomal winter online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, anomal winter was last seen 17 days 13 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 10 October 2026.

Where is anomal winter located?

Nothing published by anomal winter states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 178.176.78.240:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join anomal winter?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.176.78.240:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp30
Max players The server has 30 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166652
Build This server runs game build 166652.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^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.