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
86.141.186.238:28015
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 60% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 86.141.186.238:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 02:10 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 2 Oct 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?
No gather rate appears in the name of Vanilla Server. 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. 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?
The map on Vanilla Server is procedural, created by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Vanilla Server?
The game's server browser reads the tags Vanilla Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Unchanged vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): 1 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166494 (Build): Game build is 166494; 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.
Which Boongarust filters show 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; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the location of Vanilla Server?
From Vanilla Server, there is no region. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 86.141.186.238:28015.
What's the uptime like on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server is down, with the last sighting 6 days 5 hours ago. Last 5 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 120. The first record Boongarust has is 2 October 2026.
Which Rust build does Vanilla Server have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows: that is Vanilla Server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
How often does Vanilla Server wipe?
Vanilla Server's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. 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 6 days 5 hours.
Player counts
What's Vanilla Server's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Vanilla Server at #14,281, in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Vanilla Server?
Down right now: Vanilla Server, last spotted 6 days 5 hours back. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1.
How to join
How do you connect to Vanilla Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 86.141.186.238:28015. 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,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.