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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,845habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Oct 2026

Vanilla Server 2

Offline 152.55.68.120:28025 checked 2d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#14,845
top 67%
Last wipe
2d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

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
15k10k15k20k25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 67% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Vanilla Server 2 rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla Server 2 at #14,845, within the top 67% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server 2?

Vanilla Server 2 is offline at this count; we last saw it 2 days 21 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Vanilla Server 2 mean?

These are the tags Vanilla Server 2 publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 2?

Vanilla Server 2 appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 3 days.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server 2?

Too few wipes are on record for Vanilla Server 2 to show its rhythm. 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 2 days 22 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Vanilla Server 2 run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Vanilla Server 2.

What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server 2?

Nothing in Vanilla Server 2's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server 2 run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Vanilla Server 2 uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Vanilla Server 2 online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Vanilla Server 2 2 days 21 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 2 full days, 0 out of 48 hours. On 25 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Vanilla Server 2 located?

No region is published by Vanilla Server 2. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 152.55.68.120:28025.

How to join

How do I join Vanilla Server 2?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 152.55.68.120:28025. 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp1
Max players The server has 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build 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.