Vanilla Server
Offline 163.5.171.96:28025 checked 3d 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 55% of all ranked servers, and #560 of the quad servers (top 68%). 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.
- 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, 20 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 OCT 2026Sun 25 Oct, 00:01 UTC4d ago |
1 | – | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Rules and settings
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). The server runs softcore, Facepunch's gentler mode: some loot stays with you. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. It is listed under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on Vanilla Server?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Vanilla Server runs.
Lists and filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is Vanilla Server filed under?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Vanilla Server are 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.
How should you read the tags listed for 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): The queue ceiling sits at 1; ts4 (Group limit): Groups are capped at 4; v2635 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^p (PvE): Player against player combat is off; the world supplies the danger. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe schedule
How does a wipe day run on Vanilla Server?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. The latest wipe peaked 20 hours in.
Which wipe timetable does Vanilla Server follow?
Vanilla Server's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 4 days 11 hours is when its current world was made.
Player counts
What position does Vanilla Server hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Vanilla Server at #12,192, among the top 55% of ranked servers. See also the quad servers, where it stands at #560.
How many players are on Vanilla Server at the moment?
Filed under offline: Vanilla Server, last seen 3 days 13 hours ago. Averaged across seven days: 1 players, peaking at 1.
Operator and status
What version does Vanilla Server use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Windows, is what Vanilla Server runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is Vanilla Server reachable, and does it stay up?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of Vanilla Server was 3 days 13 hours ago. It was up 2 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 1% of the time. On 17 October 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is Vanilla Server hosted?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 163.5.171.96:28025.
Connecting
What steps lead onto Vanilla Server?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 163.5.171.96:28025. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
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.