Vanilla Server
Offline 79.117.241.118:28015 checked 2d 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 35% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 9 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct, 13:57 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Vanilla Server: Community servers, by the numbers and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
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): There are 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #7,767 puts Vanilla Server in the top 35% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
Vanilla Server went quiet 2 days 23 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server details
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server Vanilla Server is not online now; 2 days 23 hours have passed since it was last seen. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 15%, with 26 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 3 October 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 79.117.241.118:28015.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Vanilla Server when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 9 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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 12 days 20 hours.
The rules
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
A procedural map is what Vanilla Server runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Vanilla Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.117.241.118:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.