Vanilla Server
98.228.252.29:28015 checked 23d 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 58% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is Vanilla Server?
At present Vanilla Server shows as offline; its last appearance was 23 days 15 hours ago.
How does Vanilla Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, Vanilla Server is #13,287 for player hours, placing it in the top 58% of ranked servers globally.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
Its rhythm is not yet clear from the wipes of Vanilla Server on record. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. The map has been running for 23 days 15 hours.
Server
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server Vanilla Server is offline as of the latest check; last seen 23 days 15 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 0% uptime. The earliest record When Is Wipe has is 21 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Vanilla Server run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows is what Vanilla Server runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
For Vanilla Server, no region is published. When Is Wipe shows the location a server claims; it does not look up the machine's actual location. 98.228.252.29:28015 is its address.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include Vanilla Server? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include Vanilla Server: Community Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect; cs164530 (Build): Build 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code are the tags Vanilla Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Rules, map
What rules does Vanilla Server enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Vanilla Server's name. Under the default setting, groups are limited to 8 players. standard survival: gathering, building, raiding That is the game mode: survival. You can fight and raid other players. This is a community server, in the Community list. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does Vanilla Server run?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural, created by the game.
Join
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 98.228.252.29:28015 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs164530,ts8
Game
gmvanilla- Game mode The mode is vanilla survival.
mp1- Max players Slot count: 1.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2633- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect.
cs164530- Build Build 164530.
ptrak- Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
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.