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Specimen recordcat. no. 10,397habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Vanilla

Online 104.159.176.134:28015 checked 13m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 20
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#10,397
top 47%
Last wipe
22d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123403:0012:0021:0006:0015:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 47% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

4.7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 7 OctFri 2 OctFri 2 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 25 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 7 Oct, 00:47 UTC22d ago 1 – running 0
Fri 2 Oct, 08:34 UTC26d ago 0 – 4.7 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 01:56 UTC27d ago 0 – 0.3 days 0
Fri 4 Sep, 08:37 UTC54d ago – – 27.7 days 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Rust Vanilla rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #10,397 for player hours, which puts Rust Vanilla in the top 47% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Vanilla?

Of its 20 slots, Rust Vanilla is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Vanilla mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust Vanilla publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp20 (Max players): You can join up to 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Vanilla?

Rust Vanilla appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust Vanilla?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. Peak came 25 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Vanilla?

No next wipe can be predicted for Rust Vanilla, which wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 22 days 2 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Vanilla run?

Rust Vanilla uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Vanilla?

Nothing in Rust Vanilla's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Vanilla run?

On Linux, Rust Vanilla runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Rust Vanilla online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Vanilla is up and running at the moment. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Vanilla located?

Nothing published by Rust Vanilla states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 104.159.176.134:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Vanilla?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.159.176.134:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp20
Max players You can join up to 20 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.