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
73.31.111.102:28015
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 1655 places on last week. Top 47% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 73.31.111.102:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 2
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 30 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?
There is no gather rate in the name of Vanilla Server. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Vanilla Server?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural, created by the game.
Tags
What do Vanilla Server's tags signify?
These tags come from Vanilla Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp2 (Max players): 2 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; 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): Region code left blank. 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?
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 week.
Server info
Where can you find Vanilla Server?
From Vanilla Server, there is no region. 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 73.31.111.102:28015.
How reliable is Vanilla Server?
Last seen 3 days 15 hours ago, Vanilla Server is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 4%, 6 hours from 168. The first record Boongarust has is 30 September 2026.
What Rust version is Vanilla Server using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is Vanilla Server. 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?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
How often does Vanilla Server wipe?
Vanilla Server's wipes are too few on record to show a 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 5 days 11 hours old.
Player counts
Where does Vanilla Server sit in the rankings?
In the top 47% of all ranked servers, Vanilla Server is #10,953 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players are on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server last showed life 3 days 15 hours ago; it is offline now. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1.
Join the server
How can you get into Vanilla Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 73.31.111.102:28015. 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.