Vanilla Server
Offline 104.234.212.6:28025 checked 3d ago
Measurements
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 47% of all ranked servers, and #521 of the quad servers (top 63%). 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, 17 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct, 00:01 UTC4d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 9 Oct, 03:12 UTC20d ago | – | – | 15.9 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #10,558 for player hours, which puts Vanilla Server in the top 47% of all ranked servers. It places #521 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 3 days 16 hours ago. We counted an average of 1 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.
Tags
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
These are the tags Vanilla Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The team limit is 4; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed and PvE servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE and Softcore; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last week and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 17 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 4 days 12 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
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?
Nothing in Vanilla Server's name says how gather works. The cap on groups is 4 players (quad). softcore is what it runs, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Vanilla Server uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server was last seen 3 days 16 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 3 of 168 hours were online, or 2%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 8 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 104.234.212.6:28025.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Either enter client.connect 104.234.212.6:28025 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.