Offline 98.97.21.35:28015 checked 18d ago
Vanilla Server
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 1 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server details
Is Vanilla Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline right now, with a last sighting 18 days 11 hours ago: Vanilla Server. 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 0 of 168 hours up. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 10 October 2026.
Which Rust version is Vanilla Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows: that is the setup at Vanilla Server. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is Vanilla Server located?
No region is published by Vanilla Server. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. You will find it at 98.97.21.35:28015.
Server tags
What do the server tags on Vanilla Server mean?
gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): It holds 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to get in; cs167398 (Build): Build number: 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one are the tags Vanilla Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Vanilla Server?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include Vanilla Server are: Community servers, ranked live. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Map and rules
Which map is running on Vanilla Server?
Vanilla Server runs a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Vanilla Server?
Nothing in the name of Vanilla Server states a gather rate. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. It plays as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Community is its server browser category. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Live counts
How full is Vanilla Server right now?
The board shows Vanilla Server offline, last seen 18 days 11 hours ago.
Where does Vanilla Server sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place Vanilla Server at #15,817, among the top 72% of ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Vanilla Server?
The record holds too few of Vanilla Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 18 days 16 hours ago.
Joining the server
How do I join Vanilla Server?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 98.97.21.35:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs167398,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs167398
ptrak
$r?
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.