Server profile
Vanilla Server
Offline, with 1 of 1 players on; ranked #10,556 of every public Rust server, the top 47%. It last wiped 4d ago.
Offline 104.234.212.6:28025 checked 3d ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 47% of all ranked servers, and #522 of the quad servers (top 63%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Too few wipes seen yet.
Not 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 wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 17 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct, 00:01 UTC4d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 9 Oct, 03:12 UTC20d ago | – | – | 15.9 days | 0 |
Note: 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.
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Similar servers
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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe schedule
What does Vanilla Server look like once wipe day arrives?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 17 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd on the server reached its peak.
How often does Vanilla Server wipe, and on which day?
Its rhythm cannot be read yet: Vanilla Server has too few wipes on record. A force wipe falls on every Rust server once a month, and the next one is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are playing on now was made 4 days 13 hours ago.
Server
On what version does Vanilla Server currently run?
The Rust build is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, running on Windows, for Vanilla Server. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.
Has Vanilla Server stayed online, and is it up now?
The last sighting of Vanilla Server was 3 days 17 hours ago, and it is offline at present. The last 7 full days gave 3 of 168 hours up, or 2% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 8 October 2026.
What location is listed for Vanilla Server?
A region is not published by Vanilla Server. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. Connect through 104.234.212.6:28025.
Server tags
How should you read the tags listed for Vanilla Server?
When the game's server browser reads Vanilla Server, it finds these tags: gmsoftcore (Game mode): The ruleset is softcore, which is easier; mp1 (Max players): It holds 1 slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds 4 players at most; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^p (PvE): Danger comes from the world, not from other players. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
On which Rust Insights lists does Vanilla Server appear?
These Rust Insights lists include Vanilla Server: Best Rust community servers and Rust PvE servers, live. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: 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.
Player counts
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
The last time Vanilla Server was seen online was 3 days 17 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the past week it peaked at 1 and averaged 1 players.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does Vanilla Server place?
On player hours for the last seven days, Vanilla Server sits at #10,556, inside the top 47% of ranked servers. The quad ranking places it at #522.
Map and rules
How is Vanilla Server configured, and what rules apply?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. A group may hold up to 4 players, listed as quad. softcore is the game mode, Part of your loot stays with you in this easier Facepunch mode. PvP and raiding are both enabled. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is active.
Which map is live on Vanilla Server?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural and the game generates it.
Connecting
What is the way to join Vanilla Server?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 104.234.212.6:28025 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.