Server profile
Vanilla Server
Offline, with 1 of 1 players on; ranked #12,198 of every public Rust server, the top 55%. It last wiped 4d ago.
Offline 163.5.171.96:28025 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 55% of all ranked servers, and #562 of the quad servers (top 68%). 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, 20 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 | 1 |
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.
If you like this one
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
What does Vanilla Server look like once wipe day arrives?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 20 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does Vanilla Server wipe, and how often?
The record of Vanilla Server's wipes is too thin yet to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe comes to all Rust servers next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are playing on now was made 4 days 9 hours ago.
Server details
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Vanilla Server runs. 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?
Offline at the moment, Vanilla Server was last seen 3 days 12 hours ago. It spent 2 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 1% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 17 October 2026.
Where does Vanilla Server run from?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. Connect through 163.5.171.96:28025.
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): An easier ruleset: softcore; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots in total; 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): The world is the threat here, since players do not fight one another. Current players, queue length and the age of the world sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Where does Vanilla Server turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
Vanilla Server appears among the following Rust Insights lists: 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.
Population history
How many players are on Vanilla Server right now?
Vanilla Server was last seen 3 days 12 hours ago and is offline right now. The seven-day average is 1 players, and the highest point in that week was 1.
How does Vanilla Server compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts Vanilla Server at #12,198, among the top 55% of all ranked servers. The quad ranking places it at #562.
Settings and rules
What settings and rules apply on Vanilla Server?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of Vanilla Server. quad is the group name, and it caps groups at 4 players. softcore is the game mode, The easier mode from Facepunch, keeping part of your loot. PvP and raiding are both enabled. Community is the browser category it appears in. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is active.
Which map is live on Vanilla Server?
The game generates the map on Vanilla Server, which is procedural.
How to join
How can you get onto Vanilla Server?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 163.5.171.96:28025 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.