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
73.235.69.124:28015
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 220 places on last week. Top 68% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 73.235.69.124:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 21 Sep 2026, 00:43 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 21 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 Server use?
The name of Vanilla Server does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Vanilla Server?
A procedural map is in use on Vanilla Server, made by the game.
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): Unchanged vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): Room for 1; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs164530 (Build): Game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature Vanilla Server?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Vanilla Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the physical location of Vanilla Server?
No region comes from Vanilla Server. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 73.235.69.124:28015.
How reliable is Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server is down, with the last sighting 17 days 13 hours ago. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. It entered Boongarust's records on 21 September 2026.
What Rust version is Vanilla Server using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows: that is Vanilla Server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
Vanilla Server wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 17 days 14 hours old.
Player counts
Where does Vanilla Server sit in the rankings?
In the top 68% of all ranked servers, Vanilla Server is #15,466 on player hours over the last seven days.
What's the player count on Vanilla Server?
Offline. Vanilla Server was last seen 17 days 13 hours ago.
How to join
What's the process to join Vanilla Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 73.235.69.124:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs164530,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.