Vanilla Server
Offline 104.234.212.6:28025 checked 3d ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 48% of all ranked servers, and #522 of the quad servers (top 63%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 17 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct, 00:01 UTC4d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 9 Oct, 03:12 UTC20d ago | – | – | 15.9 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
You'll find Vanilla Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE and Softcore; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
These are the tags Vanilla Server publishes for the browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules make it easier; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #10,587 puts Vanilla Server in the top 48% of all ranked servers. The quad field places it at #522.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
Offline now, Vanilla Server was last spotted 3 days 14 hours ago. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 1 players.
About the server
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Vanilla Server was last seen 3 days 14 hours ago. It was up 2% of the time over the last 7 full days, 3 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 8 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 104.234.212.6:28025.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What happens on Vanilla Server when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 17 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
The record of Vanilla Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 4 days 10 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
A procedural map is what Vanilla Server runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. quad is the group rule, capping teams at 4 players. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's easier setting, with part of your loot kept. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join Vanilla Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.234.212.6:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.