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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,478habitat unknownfirst seen 17 Sep 2026

Vanilla Server

Offline 83.135.189.36:28015 checked 40d ago

quad softcore

Measurements

Players now
0/ 2
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,478
no region published
Last wipe
43d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe 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 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 Sep
Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 #15,478, within the top – of ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server?

At this count Vanilla Server is offline, with its last sighting 40 days 8 hours ago.

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: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore; mp2 (Max players): The server has 2 slots; ts4 (Group limit): The team limit is 4; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Group limit: Quad and it will show up.

Wipe notes

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 43 days 8 hours ago.

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 cap on groups is 4 players (quad). You get softcore here, Facepunch's lighter mode, where some loot is kept. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows is what Vanilla Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server was last seen 40 days 8 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 17 September 2026.

Where is Vanilla Server located?

A region is not published by Vanilla Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 83.135.189.36:28015.

How to join

How do I join Vanilla Server?

Either enter client.connect 83.135.189.36:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmsoftcore,cs164530,ts4

Game

gmsoftcore
Game mode An easier ruleset, softcore.
mp2
Max players The server has 2 slots.
ts4
Group limit The team limit is 4.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs164530
Build The game build is 164530.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.