vanilla +
Online OC 51.161.219.251:28020 checked 9m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 14% of all ranked servers, top 39% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 10:32 UTC11d ago | 5 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 18 Oct, 04:22 UTC11d ago | 5 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:56 UTC FW27d ago | 5 | halved by day 6 | 16.4 days | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does vanilla + rank against other Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put vanilla + at #3,047, or #83 in Oceania, inside the top 14% of all ranked servers.
How busy is vanilla +?
Of its 75 slots, vanilla + is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 1 players in the past week, with 8 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 06:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 2 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on vanilla + mean?
What the game's server browser reads from vanilla + is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp75 (Max players): The server has 75 slots; ts16 (Group limit): You may team with up to 16 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; OC (Oceania): In the server browser it appears under Oceania. 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 +?
On Rust Population, vanilla + is filed under these lists: Oceania Rust servers, counted and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on vanilla +?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 5 players. Peak came 2 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 6 when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on vanilla +?
vanilla + wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 11 days 5 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Map and rules
Which map does vanilla + run?
A procedural map of size 4,300 from seed 1337, generated by the game, is in use on vanilla +. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on vanilla +?
Nothing in vanilla +'s name says how gather works. Up to 16 players can team together. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does vanilla + run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for vanilla +. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does vanilla + run smoothly?
It ran at 10 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Entities peaked at 122,014, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,266 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is vanilla + online, and how reliable is it?
You will find vanilla + online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days 10 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is vanilla + located?
The OC tag is how vanilla + places itself in Oceania. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 51.161.219.251:28020 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join vanilla +?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 51.161.219.251:28020. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.