Vanilla Server
Offline 79.116.238.27:28015 checked 7d 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 are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
These are the tags Vanilla Server publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. 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 Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,593 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 7 days ago, and it is offline now. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server details
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Vanilla Server shows as offline, last spotted 7 days ago. Out of 144 hours in the last 6 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 20 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
There is no region from Vanilla Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 79.116.238.27:28015.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
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. The world it is running now dates from 9 days.
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. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.116.238.27:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.