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Ominous Vanilla

Online NA 91.229.114.87:28019 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 10 slots 0% full −2−100%against this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#5,137top 23% · #875 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5222:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 23% of all ranked servers, top 47% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:25 UTC FW27d ago 1 – running 0

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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Ominous Vanilla?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Ominous Vanilla: Community servers, by the numbers, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Ominous Vanilla mean?

For the server browser, Ominous Vanilla lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; 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): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Ominous Vanilla rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Ominous Vanilla sits at #5,137, inside the top 23% of ranked servers and at #875 in North America.

How many players are on Ominous Vanilla right now?

Ominous Vanilla is holding 0 players, with 10 slots in total. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 18:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Server details

Is Ominous Vanilla online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Ominous Vanilla is online. About 9 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 149, a 89% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Ominous Vanilla run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 30 server fps, with a low of 28. At its peak it held 125,175 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 4,216 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Ominous Vanilla located?

In North America, Ominous Vanilla lists itself with its NA tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 91.229.114.87:28019.

Which Rust version is Ominous Vanilla on?

On Linux, Ominous Vanilla runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Ominous Vanilla when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Ominous Vanilla?

Wipes on Ominous Vanilla come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 27 days 3 hours.

The rules

Which map does Ominous Vanilla run?

The procedural map on Ominous Vanilla measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 715632489. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on Ominous Vanilla?

The name of Ominous Vanilla says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. The plugin count is Oxide. Vanilla is what it calls itself: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Ominous Vanilla?

Enter client.connect 91.229.114.87:28019 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://www.ominousrust.com/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp10
Max players Slots: 10.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
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 The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.