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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,491habitat unknownfirst seen 16 Sep 2026

Vanilla Server

Offline 84.181.127.216:28025 checked 41d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,491
no region published
Last wipe
41d 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 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 Sep
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.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 17 Sep, 14:06 UTC41d ago 0 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,491 for player hours, which puts Vanilla Server in the top – of all ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server?

We have no live count for Vanilla Server right now. It was last seen 41 days 20 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Vanilla Server is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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): 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 0 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?

The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 41 days 20 hours ago the current world was made.

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?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Vanilla Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

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. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Vanilla Server 41 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 16 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Vanilla Server located?

No region is 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 84.181.127.216:28025.

How to join

How do I join Vanilla Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 84.181.127.216:28025; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs164530,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The game mode is vanilla survival.
mp1
Max players 1 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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 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.