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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,506habitat unknownfirst seen 23 Sep 2026

Vanilla Server

Offline 97.214.140.79:28015 checked 35d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,506
top 67%
Last wipe
51d 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
15k10k15k20k23 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep29 Sep30 Sep

Top 67% 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 #15,506, within the top 67% of ranked servers.

How busy is Vanilla Server?

Vanilla Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 35 days 23 hours ago.

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): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs165217 (Build): This server runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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. 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 notes

What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?

The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 51 days 13 hours 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?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Vanilla Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 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 35 days 23 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 23 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

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. Connect at 97.214.140.79:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Vanilla Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 97.214.140.79:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs165217
Build This server runs game build 165217.
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.