Alpha
Offline 138.74.237.80:28015 checked 21d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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.
Rank
Top 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 21:59 UTC23d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Alpha rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Alpha at #13,758, within the top 62% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Alpha?
Alpha is offline at this count; we last saw it 21 days 18 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Alpha mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Alpha is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Alpha?
On Rust Population, Alpha is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Alpha?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Alpha?
Too few wipes are on record for Alpha to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 23 days 1 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does Alpha run?
The map on Alpha is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Alpha?
Nothing in Alpha's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Alpha run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what Alpha uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Alpha online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Alpha was last seen 21 days 18 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 29 September 2026.
Where is Alpha located?
A region is not published by Alpha. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 138.74.237.80:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Alpha?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 138.74.237.80:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.