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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,001habitat unknownfirst seen 1 Oct 2026

Vanilla Rust Server

Offline 188.18.8.104:28015 checked 23d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,001
top 71%
Last wipe
24d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct3 Oct5 Oct7 Oct9 Oct11 Oct

Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

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

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 17:35 UTC24d ago 0 – running 0

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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla Rust Server at #16,001, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Rust Server?

We have no live count for Vanilla Rust Server right now. It was last seen 23 days 9 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Vanilla Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Vanilla Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; 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 Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include Vanilla Rust Server: 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 does wipe day look like on Vanilla Rust Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Rust Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Vanilla Rust 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. 24 days 7 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Vanilla Rust Server run?

The map on Vanilla Rust Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Rust Server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Vanilla Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux is what Vanilla Rust Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

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

Currently offline, Vanilla Rust Server was last seen 23 days 9 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 1 October 2026.

Where is Vanilla Rust Server located?

A region is not published by Vanilla Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 188.18.8.104:28015.

How to join

How do I join Vanilla Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 188.18.8.104:28015 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166652
Build Game build: 166652.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.