ALFA
Offline 5.18.251.158:28015 checked 9d 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 66% 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.
Wipes
| 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does ALFA rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #14,578 for player hours, which puts ALFA in the top 66% of all ranked servers.
How busy is ALFA?
We have no live count for ALFA right now. It was last seen 9 days 19 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on ALFA mean?
What the game's server browser reads from ALFA is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include ALFA?
On Rust Population, ALFA is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on ALFA?
Too few wipes are on record for ALFA to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 13 days 17 hours ago.
Settings
What are the rules and settings on ALFA?
No gather rate appears in the name of ALFA. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does ALFA run?
On Windows, ALFA runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is ALFA online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, ALFA was last seen 9 days 19 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 18 October 2026.
Where is ALFA located?
No region is published by ALFA. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 5.18.251.158:28015.
How to join
How do I join ALFA?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.18.251.158:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.