Vanilla Server
Offline 78.62.59.200:28015 checked 40d 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
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 18 Sep, 10:43 UTC40d ago | 1 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla Server at #13,268, within the top – of all ranked servers.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
At this count Vanilla Server is offline, with its last sighting 40 days 13 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; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Vanilla Server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 40 days 14 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
Nothing in Vanilla Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. 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 164530 on Windows for Vanilla Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server was last seen 40 days 13 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 17 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
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. 78.62.59.200:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 78.62.59.200:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.