Vanilla Server
Online 104.234.212.6:28025 checked 10m ago
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 45% of all ranked servers, and #503 of the quad servers (top 61%). 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.
- usual gap
- 15.9 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 17 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 OCT 2026Sun 25 Oct, 00:01 UTC4d ago |
1 | – | running | 0 |
9 OCT 2026Fri 9 Oct, 03:12 UTC20d ago |
– | – | 15.9 days | 0 |
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
On Vanilla Server, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Vanilla Server. The group limit is 4 players, as stated (quad). Filed under softcore, An easier mode from Facepunch, with part of your loot kept. Combat and raiding between players are possible. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on Vanilla Server?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Vanilla Server runs.
Tags
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Vanilla Server?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Vanilla Server: Community Rust servers, indexed and Rust PvE servers, filed A to Z. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE and Softcore; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last week.
What is meant by the tags on Vanilla Server?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Vanilla Server gives gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore: the easier mode; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): The team ceiling is 4; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^p (PvE): Player against player combat is off; the world supplies the danger. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
How does a wipe day run on Vanilla Server?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. 17 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does Vanilla Server wipe?
Vanilla Server's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. Its present world dates from 4 days 23 hours.
Population
Where does Vanilla Server sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Vanilla Server at #9,986, among the top 45% of ranked servers. Among servers in the quad group, the rank is #503.
Is Vanilla Server quiet or crowded?
Filed under live counts: Vanilla Server, 1 players on 1 slots at present. Averaged across seven days: 1 players, peaking at 1. Filed under busiest hour: 21:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, averaging 1 players.
Server facts
What Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what you will find on Vanilla Server. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What is the uptime and current status of Vanilla Server?
The server is live at this moment: Vanilla Server. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 2%, 3 hours out of 168. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 8 October 2026.
What is the location of Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server gives no region at all. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 104.234.212.6:28025.
Joining the server
What is the way onto Vanilla Server?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.234.212.6:28025. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you. A queue is likely: the server is full right now.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4
Game
gmsoftcore
mp1
ts4
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Gameplay
^p
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.