Vanilla Server
Offline 163.5.171.96:28025 checked 3d ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server 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.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 55% of all ranked servers, and #563 of the quad servers (top 68%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
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.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe day
What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe reached its peak 20 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to show. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world in play now was made 4 days 1 hours ago.
Player counts
How busy is Vanilla Server?
Last seen 3 days 4 hours ago, Vanilla Server is offline at the moment. The average across the last seven days is 1 players; the peak reached 1.
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #12,217 on seven-day player hours, Vanilla Server is in the top 55% of all ranked servers. Ranked against other quad servers, it comes in at #563.
Settings and rules
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on Vanilla Server.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
No gather rate appears in the name Vanilla Server. 4 players is the maximum group size (quad). softcore is the game mode, A more forgiving Facepunch mode, keeping part of your loot. Players can fight each other, and raids are allowed. In the server browser it appears under Community, as a community server. Anti-cheat: Valve's VAC is on.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build Vanilla Server runs, on Windows. Your game must run the same protocol to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Vanilla Server is down just now; the last sighting was 3 days 4 hours ago. 2 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, which is 1%. Rust Heatmap has had it on record since 17 October 2026.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
A region is not published for Vanilla Server. What Rust Heatmap shows is where a server says it is. Where the machine stands is not looked up. To connect, use 163.5.171.96:28025.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
The Rust Heatmap lists that Vanilla Server fits are: Best Rust community servers and Best Rust PvE servers. You will find it under these 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 do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Vanilla Server publishes: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, the easier one; mp1 (Max players): This server has 1 slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds no more than 4; v2635 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^p (PvE): No player fighting here: the world is the danger. Players now, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags as well and appear at the top of this page.
Connect
How do I join Vanilla Server?
To join by console, open it with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 163.5.171.96:28025. Or press Launch Rust on this page, which connects you through Steam.