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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,738EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE

Online EU 148.251.232.50:28010 checked 9m ago

monthly wipes vanillamoddedcarbonpve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#4,738
top 21% · #1656 in EU
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123417:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608017:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 21% of all ranked servers, top 57% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 2h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 23 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:21 UTC FW27d ago 3 – running 0

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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE is #4,738, #1,656 in Europe, placing it in the top 21% of ranked servers.

How busy is [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE?

Of its 50 slots, [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE is using 0 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 3. Look at the last 48 hours and 22:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 3 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE mean?

What the game's server browser reads from [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. 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 [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE?

On Rust Population, [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. 23 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE?

[EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 27 days 22 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE run?

[EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,250 with seed 606762838. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE?

No gather rate appears in the name of [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs pve, no player combat. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. By its own description it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE run smoothly?

It ran at 11 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 5. Entities peaked at 109,505, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,551 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE online, and how reliable is it?

You will find [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 11 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE located?

The EU tag is how [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE places itself in Europe. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 148.251.232.50:28010 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 148.251.232.50:28010. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://discord.com/invite/WAn72f8aDf.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^p,^m,^v,EU,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The game mode is vanilla survival.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is under Europe.

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.