Vanilla Server
Offline 196.154.9.82:28015 checked 37d 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
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?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Vanilla Server: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2633 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): It's on game build 164530; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,526 puts Vanilla Server in the top – of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
Vanilla Server went quiet 37 days 10 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Vanilla Server shows as offline, last spotted 37 days 10 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 20 September 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 196.154.9.82:28015.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 is the version Vanilla Server runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
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. The world it is running now dates from 37 days 11 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
The name of Vanilla Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server 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 196.154.9.82:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.