Vanilla Server
Offline 71.228.56.48:28015 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists 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): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633, so your client has to match it to join; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. 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 #13,269 puts Vanilla Server in the top – of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
The last sighting of Vanilla Server was 40 days 18 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Vanilla Server shows as offline, last spotted 40 days 18 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 17 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 71.228.56.48:28015.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 is the version Vanilla Server runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
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. Its current world has been live for 41 days 9 hours.
The 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. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Enter client.connect 71.228.56.48:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.