Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 48,284 players 11,675 servers 3,207 with someone on 118 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,559habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Oct 2026

Vanilla

Offline 157.211.0.203:28015 checked 3d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 10
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#11,559
top 52%
Last wipe
3d 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
15k10k15k20k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 52% 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 rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Vanilla places at #11,559, within the top 52% of ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla?

At this count Vanilla is offline, with its last sighting 3 days 9 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Vanilla mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Vanilla is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; 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. 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?

These Rust Population lists include Vanilla: 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; Last wipe: In the last week and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla?

Too few wipes are on record for Vanilla 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. Counted from 3 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Vanilla run?

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

What are the rules and settings on Vanilla?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Vanilla states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, 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 run?

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

Is Vanilla online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Vanilla was last seen 3 days 9 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 3 full days, 0 out of 72 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 24 October 2026.

Where is Vanilla located?

A region is not published by Vanilla. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 157.211.0.203:28015.

How to join

How do I join Vanilla?

Either enter client.connect 157.211.0.203:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
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.

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.