Vanilla Server
Offline 79.117.241.118:28015 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 37% 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
- 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, 9 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
16 OCT 2026Fri 16 Oct, 13:57 UTC13d 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.
Settings and map
What settings and rules does Vanilla Server run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Vanilla Server. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs pve, player combat is not allowed. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
Which map is in use on Vanilla Server?
Generated by the game, the map is procedural on Vanilla Server.
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. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
How should you read the tags listed for Vanilla Server?
Filed under these tags, as published by Vanilla Server and read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Filed under vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): Player cap: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $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 dates
What should you expect on Vanilla Server when wipe day comes?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. 9 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often is Vanilla Server wiped, and on what schedule?
The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. The world it runs now was made 13 days 12 hours.
Player counts
What position does Vanilla Server hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Vanilla Server at #8,332, among the top 37% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Vanilla Server look like?
The last check found Vanilla Server offline, last seen 3 days 14 hours ago. Filed under seven-day figures: an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
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. 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?
Last seen 3 days 14 hours ago, Vanilla Server is offline right now. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 12%, 20 hours out of 168. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 3 October 2026.
Where in the world is Vanilla Server hosted?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. 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 79.117.241.118:28015.
Joining the server
How can you connect to Vanilla Server?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 79.117.241.118:28015 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
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.