Vanilla Server
Offline 109.147.144.252:28025 checked 2d 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 69% 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Vanilla Server places at #15,326, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 2 days 17 hours ago. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
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: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
On Rust Population, Vanilla Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Vanilla Server's wipes are on record. 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 6 days ago.
Settings
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
Vanilla Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Vanilla Server 2 days 17 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 1% of the time over the last 5 full days, 1 out of 120 hours. On 23 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
A region is not published by Vanilla Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 109.147.144.252:28025.
How to join
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 109.147.144.252:28025. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.