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
160.222.157.64:28015
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
Up 1462 places on last week. Top 60% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 160.222.157.64:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 6 Oct 2026, 11:40 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 1 Oct 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. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Vanilla Server?
The game's server browser reads the tags Vanilla Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla, straight up; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
What Boongarust lists feature Vanilla Server?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for 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 3 days.
Server details
What's the physical location of Vanilla Server?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 160.222.157.64:28015.
What's the uptime like on Vanilla Server?
Last seen 2 days 19 hours ago, Vanilla Server is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 1%, 2 hours from 168. 1 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Vanilla Server using?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
Wipe day at Vanilla Server: what's it like?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
Vanilla Server wipes on what schedule?
With so few of Vanilla Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 2 days 21 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Vanilla Server place?
Player hours over seven days put Vanilla Server at #13,683, in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
Is Vanilla Server busy?
Vanilla Server last showed life 2 days 19 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
How to join
How can you get into Vanilla Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 160.222.157.64:28015. 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?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.