Vanilla
Offline 188.234.245.181:28015 checked 1d 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 65% of all ranked servers, and #601 of the quad servers (top 74%). 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 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 05:52 UTC11d ago | 2 | – | running | 2 |
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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags on Vanilla?
Here are the tags Vanilla lists, which the game's browser uses: gmsoftcore (Game mode): A softer ruleset: softcore; mp20 (Max players): 20 player slots; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds 4 at most; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167781 (Build): It runs on build 167781; ptsw (Networking): Runs on the 'sw' network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is open to new players here; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Where does Vanilla appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Vanilla: Rust tutorial servers and Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Tutorial on ^t, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Rules & map
Which map is currently on Vanilla?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Vanilla runs.
What rules does Vanilla enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name Vanilla. You can have 4 players at most in a quad group. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's easier option, with part of your loot kept. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. You will find Oxide plugins running here. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
Server details
Where can you find Vanilla?
You will find no region published for Vanilla. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. Find it at this address: 188.234.245.181:28015.
How reliable is Vanilla, and is it online now?
Right now Vanilla is not in stock, last seen 24 hours ago. 1 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 1% uptime. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
What Rust version does Vanilla run?
The setup: Vanilla on Windows, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Player count
What is Vanilla's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Vanilla at #14,417, in the top 65% of all ranked servers. Ranked against other quad servers, it comes in at #601.
How many players are on Vanilla right now?
At the moment Vanilla is offline, with a last sighting 24 hours ago. It peaked at 1 this week, and the average was 1. The last 48 hours peaked at 18:00 UTC, when it averaged 1 players.
Wipe info
When does Vanilla wipe?
The wipes of Vanilla on record are too few to show its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 11 days 13 hours ago.
What happens on Vanilla on wipe day?
An average of 2 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. On the latest wipe, 1 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.
Getting in
What is the way to join Vanilla?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 188.234.245.181:28015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp20,ptsw,$r?,v2634,^t,gmsoftcore,cs167781,ts4,^o^z
Game
gmsoftcore
mp20
ts4
v2634
cs167781
ptsw
$r?
Gameplay
^t
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.