Vanilla Server
Offline 68.180.40.39:28015 checked 40d 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.
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. 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?
These are the tags Vanilla Server publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; 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): No region is listed. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,934 puts Vanilla Server in the top – of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
Offline now, Vanilla Server was last spotted 40 days 4 hours ago.
About the server
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Vanilla Server shows as offline, last spotted 40 days 4 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 19 September 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 68.180.40.39:28015.
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. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 40 days 4 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?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Vanilla Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 68.180.40.39:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.