Vanilla Server
Offline 163.5.171.96:28025 checked 3d ago
Players now
- Full
- 100%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- –
- Peak, 7 days
- 1
100% full
Rank
top 55%
7-day average
peak 1
Last wipe
no schedule published
Next wipe
too few wipes seen yet
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 55% of all ranked servers, and #558 of the quad servers (top 68%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe 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.
Wipes
newest first| 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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes- 1 1/ 50
- 2 0/ 50
- 3 3/ 50
- 4 2/ 20
- 5 0/ 100
- 6 10/ 140
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageAbout
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server is down at the moment. Its last sighting was 3 days 14 hours ago: Vanilla Server. It was online 1% of the last 7 full days, which is 2 of 168 hours. Rust Dashboard logged it for the first time on 17 October 2026.
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is running on Vanilla Server, which sits on Windows. Joining needs the same protocol on your side, and Steam handles that update.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region tag comes from Vanilla Server. Rust Dashboard takes the location a server gives; the machine's real position is not checked. Connect to it at 163.5.171.96:28025.
Lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
These Rust Dashboard lists include Vanilla Server: Best Rust community servers and Rust PvE servers. It appears under these filters when you browse 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 browser in the game reads gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore, is in force; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts4 (Group limit): Each team holds no more than 4; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your build has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The game's standard network layer, RakNet, carries this server; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^p (PvE): The danger comes from the world, not from other players, who do not fight each other from Vanilla Server as its tags. At the top of this page you'll find the current players, the queue and the world's creation time, which the tags carry too.
Live players
How busy is Vanilla Server?
The last sighting of Vanilla Server was 3 days 14 hours ago; it is offline right now. Averaged across the last seven days: 1 players, peaking at 1.
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Vanilla Server at #12,180, in the top 55% of all ranked servers. Among servers of the quad type, it sits at #558.
Reset times
What does wipe day look like on Vanilla Server?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 20 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to be seen. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe takes every Rust server with it. The world it runs now dates from 4 days 12 hours ago.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. The limit is 4 players per group (quad). softcore is what it plays, Facepunch's easier setting: part of your loot is kept. Raids and player fights are part of the game here. It appears in the Community section of the server browser. Valve's VAC anti-cheat runs here.
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
The game generates the map on Vanilla Server, which is procedural.
Join
How do I join Vanilla Server?
The console in Rust opens with F1, and client.connect 163.5.171.96:28025 goes in there. Launch Rust on this page is the other route, opening Rust through Steam to connect you.