Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
119.18.0.56:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 6850 places on last week. Top 68% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 119.18.0.56:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 25 Sep 2026, 09:34 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 19 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What are Vanilla Server's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What are the tags on Vanilla Server for?
These tags come from Vanilla Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla, straight up; mp1 (Max players): Room for 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs165217 (Build): Game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature Vanilla Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Vanilla Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
What's the location of Vanilla Server?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 119.18.0.56:28015.
How often is Vanilla Server online?
Vanilla Server is down, with the last sighting 12 days 14 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 19 September 2026.
What Rust version is Vanilla Server using?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
How does Vanilla Server handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
Vanilla Server wipes on what schedule?
No next wipe to predict here. Vanilla Server goes at irregular times. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 12 days 15 hours.
Population
Ranking wise, where does Vanilla Server place?
Ranked #15,494 on seven-day player hours, Vanilla Server is in the top 68% overall.
Is Vanilla Server busy?
Down right now: Vanilla Server, last spotted 12 days 14 hours back.
How to join
How do you connect to Vanilla Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 119.18.0.56:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.