Vanilla Server
Offline 192.144.21.28:28025 checked 7d 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 69% of all ranked servers, and #624 of the quad servers (top 75%). 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 #15,351 for player hours, which puts Vanilla Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers. It places #624 among servers of the quad kind.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
At this count Vanilla Server is offline, with its last sighting 7 days 5 hours ago. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.
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: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts4 (Group limit): You may team with up to 4 players; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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; Game mode: Softcore; Group limit: Quad.
Wipe schedule
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. 20 days 7 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
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?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Vanilla Server states none. A group can hold 4 players at most (quad). You get softcore here, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. 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.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what Vanilla Server uses. 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 7 days 5 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 6 full days, 0 out of 144 hours. On 22 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 192.144.21.28:28025.
How to join
How do I join Vanilla Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 192.144.21.28:28025; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.