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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,775NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|

Online NA 66.51.99.83:28060 checked 13m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
3/ 100
= 1 player
3% full
7-day average
3
peak 10
Rank
#1,775
top 8% · #271 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246806:0015:0000:0009:0019:0004:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608006:0015:0000:0009:0019:0004:00

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 17 Sep. 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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 8% of all ranked servers, top 15% in NA. 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 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

11
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 13h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 11, 8 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:55 UTC FW27d ago 11 – running 3

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 Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| rank against other Rust servers?

Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| ranks #1,775 on seven-day player hours, #271 in North America, and sits in the top 8% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|?

The count reads 3 players on Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|, which has 100 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 3 players and reached a peak of 10. Look at the last 48 hours and 01:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 5 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust. 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 Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|?

Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted, Rust zombie and infected servers and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|?

Averaged over recent wipes, 11 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 8 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|?

Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, 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 11 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| run?

A custom map of size 4,000 is in use on Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|, and the map file is published, so you can download it here.

What are the rules and settings on Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs pve, no player combat. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| run smoothly?

It ran at 51 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Entities peaked at 167,985, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 6,629 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| online now. About 21 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| located?

The NA tag is how Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases| places itself in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 66.51.99.83:28060.

How to join

How do I join Cold Iron Rust |PvE|Convoy|Zombies|SkillTree|Purge|RaidBases|?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.99.83:28060. 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it appears under North America.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust.

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.