Vanilla Server
Offline 79.117.241.118:28015 checked 3d 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
Top 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
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, 9 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct, 13:57 UTC13d 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 #7,763, within the top 35% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Vanilla Server?
We have no live count for Vanilla Server right now. It was last seen 3 days 3 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.
Lists and 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): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world. 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?
Vanilla Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 9 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. The world it runs now dates from 13 days ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
Vanilla Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get pve here, no player combat. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 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 3 days 3 hours ago. It was up 15% of the time over the last 7 full days, 26 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 3 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
Nothing published by Vanilla Server states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 79.117.241.118:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Vanilla Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 79.117.241.118:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.