Vanilla Server
Offline 149.88.18.218:28025 checked 1d 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, and #623 of the quad servers (top 75%). 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct, 00:01 UTC4d ago | 0 | – | running | 1 |
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
Population
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla Server at #15,353, within the top 69% of all ranked servers. It places #623 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
We have no live count for Vanilla Server right now. It was last seen 28 hours ago. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Vanilla Server is this set of tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules apply, an easier set; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The team limit is 4; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger. 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?
These Rust Population lists include Vanilla Server: Community servers, field-listed and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: 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.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Vanilla Server's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 4 days 2 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Vanilla Server.
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. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
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?
Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server was last seen 28 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 3 of 168 hours were online, or 2%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 12 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
Nothing published by Vanilla Server states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 149.88.18.218:28025 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 149.88.18.218:28025. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.