Vanilla Server
Offline 188.228.91.56:28015 checked 18d 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 62% 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Vanilla Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up 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?
For the server browser, Vanilla Server lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): There are 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,608 puts Vanilla Server in the top 62% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
The last sighting of Vanilla Server was 18 days 8 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server facts
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Vanilla Server shows as offline, last spotted 18 days 8 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 9 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 188.228.91.56:28015.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 is the version Vanilla Server runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 20 days 5 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
Vanilla Server uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
The name of Vanilla Server says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Vanilla Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 188.228.91.56:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.