Vanilla Server
Offline 98.97.87.146:28015 checked 28d 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 70% 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.
Server 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.
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Vanilla Server: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): There are 1 slots; 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; cs165217 (Build): It's on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $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?
The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla Server at #16,773, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
The last sighting of Vanilla Server was 28 days 7 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server Vanilla Server is not online now; 28 days 7 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 27 September 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 98.97.87.146:28015.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version Vanilla Server runs on Windows. 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. 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. Its current world has been live for 31 days 3 hours.
Rules and settings
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. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Enter client.connect 98.97.87.146:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.