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
98.97.87.146:28015
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 8649 places on last week. Top 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 98.97.87.146:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 27 Sep 2026, 20:06 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 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 are Vanilla Server's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears 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. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server 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
What are the tags on Vanilla Server for?
The game's server browser reads the tags Vanilla Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): Room for 1; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs165217 (Build): Game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
What's the physical location of 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 98.97.87.146:28015.
How reliable is Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server is down, with the last sighting 7 days 8 hours ago. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 27 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Vanilla Server have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows: that is Vanilla Server. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
How often does Vanilla Server wipe?
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. The world you are on was made 10 days 4 hours.
Population
Where does Vanilla Server sit in the rankings?
Ranked #16,773 on seven-day player hours, Vanilla Server is in the top 70% overall.
What's the player count on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server last showed life 7 days 8 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
What's the process to join Vanilla Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 98.97.87.146:28015. 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,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.