Vanilla
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 30%.
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
188.234.245.181:28015
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
Top 30% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 188.234.245.181:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 20
- Group limit
- quad
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Oct 2026, 05:52 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 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 settings does Vanilla use?
The name of Vanilla does not include a gather rate. The group cap is 4 players (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's less punishing mode, keeping some of your loot. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Vanilla?
A procedural map is in use on Vanilla, made by the game.
Tags
What are the tags on Vanilla for?
These tags come from Vanilla and go straight into the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): Softcore rules, which are gentler; mp20 (Max players): Slot count: 20; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the team limit; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptsw (Networking): Under the hood: sw; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^t (Tutorial on): Beginners can begin with Facepunch's tutorial; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game. 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?
The Boongarust lists that take Vanilla are: Tutorial-on Rust servers and Top modded Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Tutorial on ^t, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server info
Where can you find Vanilla?
No region comes from Vanilla. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 188.234.245.181:28015.
How reliable is Vanilla?
Vanilla is down, with the last sighting 3 days 4 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 25% uptime, with 42 hours up out of 168. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Vanilla using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is Vanilla. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
How does Vanilla handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 2 players on average. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 1 hours after it.
When does Vanilla wipe?
With so few of Vanilla's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 5 days 17 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Vanilla place?
Ranked #6,833 on seven-day player hours, Vanilla is in the top 30% overall. For quad servers, #411 is its place.
What's the player count on Vanilla?
Offline. Vanilla was last seen 3 days 4 hours ago. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 2.
Join the server
How can you get into Vanilla?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 188.234.245.181:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp20,ptsw,$r?,v2634,^t,gmsoftcore,cs166652,ts4,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.