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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,506habitat unknownfirst seen 18 Sep 2026

Vanilla Server

Offline 68.209.232.151:28015 checked 34d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,506
top 67%
Last wipe
34d 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep22 Sep24 Sep26 Sep28 Sep30 Sep

Top 67% 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.

1.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 23 SepMon 21 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 23 Sep, 00:35 UTC34d ago 1 – running 0
Mon 21 Sep, 02:46 UTC36d ago 1 – 1.9 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Vanilla Server places at #15,506, within the top 67% of ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server?

Vanilla Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 34 days 15 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Vanilla Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Vanilla Server?

Vanilla Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?

The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 34 days 15 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?

No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 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?

Currently offline, Vanilla Server was last seen 34 days 15 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 18 September 2026.

Where is Vanilla Server located?

A region is not published by Vanilla Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 68.209.232.151:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Vanilla Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 68.209.232.151:28015. 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?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp1
Max players The server has 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs165217
Build Game build: 165217.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.