Vanilla Server
Offline 143.105.1.253:28025 checked 11d 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 70% of all ranked servers. 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
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. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
These are the tags Vanilla Server publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): There are 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla Server at #15,330, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
Offline now, Vanilla Server was last spotted 11 days 10 hours ago.
Server details
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Vanilla Server shows as offline, last spotted 11 days 10 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 18 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. You'll find it at 143.105.1.253:28025.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Vanilla Server to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 22 days 18 hours.
Map and 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?
The name of Vanilla Server says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is off: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Vanilla Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 143.105.1.253:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.