Vanilla
Offline 188.234.245.181:28015 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 25% of all ranked servers, and #345 of the quad servers (top 42%). 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
- 2players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 OCT 2026Sat 3 Oct, 05:52 UTC26d ago |
2 | – | running | 2 |
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
What settings and rules does Vanilla run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Vanilla. The group limit is 4 players, as stated (quad). The server runs softcore, The easier mode from Facepunch: part of your loot is kept. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Filed under plugins: Oxide. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on Vanilla?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Vanilla runs.
Lists and filters
Where does Vanilla appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Vanilla: Tutorial servers and Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Tutorial on ^t, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad.
Which tags are attached to Vanilla, and what do they stand for?
These are the tags Vanilla publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp20 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 20; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the largest team allowed; v2635 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptsw (Networking): It runs the 'sw' network layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial runs here for new players; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe dates
What should you expect on Vanilla when wipe day comes?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. The latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.
How often is Vanilla wiped, and on what schedule?
The record holds too few of Vanilla's wipes to tell its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. 26 days 12 hours is when its current world was made.
Players and ranking
How is Vanilla ranked compared with the rest?
Filed under rankings: #5,604 for Vanilla on seven-day player hours, top 25% overall. #345 is where it sits in the quad servers.
Is Vanilla quiet or crowded?
The last check found Vanilla offline, last seen 3 days 2 hours ago. The seven-day average is 2 players; the peak reached 2.
Server details
What version does Vanilla use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Windows, is what Vanilla runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the uptime and current status of Vanilla?
Last seen 3 days 2 hours ago, Vanilla is offline right now. It was up 19 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 11% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 13 September 2026.
Which region is Vanilla in?
Vanilla gives no region at all. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. You will reach it at 188.234.245.181:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto Vanilla?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.234.245.181:28015. 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 mp20,ptsw,$r?,v2635,^t,gmsoftcore,cs168909,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore
mp20
ts4
v2635
cs168909
ptsw
$r?
Gameplay
^t
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.