Vanilla Server
Offline 178.23.94.22:28015 checked 19d 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 72% 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?
Over the past week it ranks #15,848 for player hours, which puts Vanilla Server in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
At this count Vanilla Server is offline, with its last sighting 19 days 11 hours ago.
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: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167231 (Build): The game build is 167231; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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. 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.
Wipe notes
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 19 days 11 hours ago.
Map and rules
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 group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 on Windows for Vanilla Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Vanilla Server 19 days 11 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 8 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 178.23.94.22:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.23.94.22:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.