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
81.217.216.138:28015
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 57% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 81.217.216.138:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 4 Oct 2026, 05:18 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 4 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are Vanilla Server's rules and configuration?
The name of Vanilla Server does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Vanilla Server?
A procedural map is in use on Vanilla Server, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Vanilla Server?
gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla, straight up; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags Vanilla Server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. 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.
Which Boongarust filters show Vanilla Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find 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; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server info
Where can you find Vanilla Server?
No region comes from Vanilla Server. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 81.217.216.138:28015.
What's the uptime like on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server is down, with the last sighting 4 days 17 hours ago. Last 4 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 96. 4 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
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 info
When does Vanilla Server wipe?
The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 4 days 19 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 #13,095, in the top 57% of all ranked servers.
What's the player count on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server last showed life 4 days 17 hours ago; it is offline now. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1.
How to join
What's the process to join Vanilla Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 81.217.216.138:28015. 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.