Vanilla Server
Offline 79.117.156.253:28015 checked 5d 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 69% of all ranked servers. 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
- 0players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
24 OCT 2026Sat 24 Oct, 00:24 UTC5d ago |
0 | – | 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.
Settings and map
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Vanilla Server?
No gather rate appears in the name Vanilla Server. 8 players per group is the default limit. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is in use on Vanilla Server?
Generated by the game, the map is procedural on Vanilla Server.
Tags
Where does Vanilla Server appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Vanilla Server: Community Rust servers, indexed. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Which tags are attached to Vanilla Server, and what do they stand for?
These are the tags Vanilla Server publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmvanilla (Game mode): Unmodified survival rules; mp1 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 1; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. 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?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 0 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often is Vanilla Server wiped, and on what schedule?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 5 days 8 hours is when its current world was made.
Players and ranking
Where does Vanilla Server sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Vanilla Server at #15,338, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Vanilla Server look like?
At present Vanilla Server is offline; its last sighting was 5 days 7 hours ago. Averaged over the last seven days, the count is 0 players.
Server details
What version does Vanilla Server use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Windows, is what Vanilla Server runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is Vanilla Server, and is it online now?
As of now Vanilla Server is offline, with its last appearance 5 days 7 hours ago. It was up 1 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 1% of the time. On 27 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is Vanilla Server hosted?
There is no region on record for Vanilla Server; it publishes none. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 79.117.156.253:28015.
How to join
What is the way onto Vanilla Server?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 79.117.156.253:28015. 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
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.