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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,526habitat unknownfirst seen 20 Sep 2026

Vanilla Server

Offline 196.154.9.82:28015 checked 37d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,526
no region published
Last wipe
37d 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep21 Sep23 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep
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

Player counts

How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla Server at #15,526, within the top – of all ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server?

Vanilla Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 37 days 16 hours ago.

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): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): This server runs game build 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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?

On Rust Population, Vanilla Server is filed under these lists: 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 and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

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 37 days 16 hours ago.

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?

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. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows for Vanilla Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server was last seen 37 days 16 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 20 September 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 196.154.9.82:28015.

How to join

How do I join Vanilla Server?

Either enter client.connect 196.154.9.82:28015 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs164530,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp1
Max players 1 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs164530
Build This server runs game build 164530.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.