Vanilla
Offline 188.234.245.181:28015 checked 1d 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 26% of all ranked servers, and #347 of the quad servers (top 42%). 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 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 05:52 UTC24d ago | 2 | – | running | 2 |
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?
You'll find Vanilla on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Rust tutorial servers and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Tutorial on ^t, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad.
What do the server tags on Vanilla mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Vanilla: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore; mp20 (Max players): Slots: 20; ts4 (Group limit): No team can exceed 4 players; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptsw (Networking): This server uses 'sw' as its network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available for new players here; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Vanilla rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Vanilla at #5,649, within the top 26% of ranked servers. The quad field places it at #347.
How many players are on Vanilla right now?
Vanilla went quiet 27 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 2 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. Look at 15:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 2 players on average.
Server details
Is Vanilla online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Vanilla was last seen 27 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 19, a 11% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Where is Vanilla located?
No region is published by Vanilla. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 188.234.245.181:28015.
Which Rust version is Vanilla on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Vanilla runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Vanilla when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla?
The record of Vanilla's wipes is still too thin to show 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 24 days 13 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Vanilla run?
The map on Vanilla is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla?
The name of Vanilla says nothing about gather rate. 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. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 188.234.245.181:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.