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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,158habitat unknownfirst seen 23 Oct 2026

Vanilla Server

Offline 86.2.243.67:28015 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 1
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#7,158
top 32%
Last wipe
5d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75104:0005:0006:0007:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 32% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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 #7,158, within the top 32% of ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server?

Vanilla Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 35 hours ago. We counted an average of 1 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 05:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

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): You can join up to 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): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Vanilla Server?

On Rust Population, Vanilla Server is filed under these lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Vanilla Server's wipes are on record. 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 5 days 13 hours ago.

Settings

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. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, 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?

On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Vanilla Server was last seen 35 hours ago. It was up 15% of the time over the last 4 full days, 14 out of 96 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 23 October 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 86.2.243.67:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Vanilla Server?

Either enter client.connect 86.2.243.67:28015 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 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 This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.