Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
46.138.15.179:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 46.138.15.179:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 6 Sep 2026, 09:09 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What are snowball's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of snowball. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on snowball?
A procedural map is in use on snowball, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on snowball?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp1 (Max players): Room for 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs163794 (Build): Game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record are the tags snowball puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does snowball appear in Boongarust lists?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for snowball: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the physical location of snowball?
No region is published by snowball. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 46.138.15.179:28015.
How reliable is snowball?
Offline now, snowball was last seen 22 days 7 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build does snowball have?
On Windows, snowball runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
snowball wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of snowball's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 32 days 17 hours old.
Population
Where does snowball sit in the rankings?
In the top – of all ranked servers, snowball is #13,361 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is snowball busy?
Offline. snowball was last seen 22 days 7 hours ago.
Join the server
What's the process to join snowball?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 46.138.15.179:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.