Vanilla Server
Offline 188.228.91.56:28015 checked 17d 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 62% 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?
By player hours over the last seven days, Vanilla Server places at #13,608, within the top 62% of ranked servers.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
At this count Vanilla Server is offline, with its last sighting 17 days 14 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
These are the tags Vanilla Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): The server has 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; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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. Look for it under these filters on the server 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?
The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 19 days 11 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
Nothing in Vanilla Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows is what Vanilla Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server was last seen 17 days 14 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 9 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 188.228.91.56:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Either enter client.connect 188.228.91.56:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.