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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,373habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Sep 2026

Vanilla Server 2

Offline 213.64.96.96:28025 checked 6d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,373
top 69%
Last wipe
6d 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
15k10k15k20k25 Sep28 Sep1 Oct22 Oct25 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% 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

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

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
Thu 22 Oct, 13:43 UTC6d ago 0 – running 1

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 2 rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,373 for player hours, which puts Vanilla Server 2 in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server 2?

We have no live count for Vanilla Server 2 right now. It was last seen 6 days 5 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Vanilla Server 2 mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Vanilla Server 2 is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; 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; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 2?

On Rust Population, Vanilla Server 2 is filed under these lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server 2?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server 2?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Vanilla Server 2's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 6 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Vanilla Server 2 run?

Vanilla Server 2 uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server 2?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Vanilla Server 2 states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 2 run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what Vanilla Server 2 uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Vanilla Server 2 online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server 2 was last seen 6 days 5 hours ago. It was up 1% of the time over the last 7 full days, 1 out of 168 hours. On 25 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Vanilla Server 2 located?

A region is not published by Vanilla Server 2. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 213.64.96.96:28025.

Getting in

How do I join Vanilla Server 2?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 213.64.96.96:28025. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
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.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$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.