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
85.206.228.242:28015
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
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 85.206.228.242:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 7
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 17 Sep 2026, 14:15 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 17 Sep 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 settings does Vanilla Server use?
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, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Vanilla Server?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural, created 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): Survival in vanilla form; mp7 (Max players): Room for 7; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs164530 (Build): Game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature Vanilla Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Vanilla Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
Where can you find Vanilla Server?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 85.206.228.242:28015.
How reliable is Vanilla Server?
Offline now, Vanilla Server was last seen 21 days 19 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 17 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Vanilla Server have?
On Windows, Vanilla Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
Vanilla Server wipes on what schedule?
With so few of Vanilla Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 21 days 19 hours.
Population
What's Vanilla Server's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #14,794 on seven-day player hours, Vanilla Server is in the top – overall.
What's the player count on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server last showed life 21 days 19 hours ago; it is offline now.
How to join
How do you connect to Vanilla Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 85.206.228.242:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp7,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs164530,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.