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[EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE

Online EU 148.251.232.50:28010 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 3
Rank#4,691top 21% · #1635 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608010:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

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

Top 21% of all ranked servers, top 56% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 9hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

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.

Past seasons

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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE: European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These are the filters that list it 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.

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

These are the tags [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

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

[EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE takes #4,691 on seven-day player hours, a top 21% spot overall and #1,635 across Europe.

How many players are on [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE right now?

0 players are on [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE at the moment, out of 50 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 3. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 22:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.

About the server

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

[EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE is live at the moment. About 4 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

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

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 11, with 5 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 109,505: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,551 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

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

In Europe, [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE lists itself with its EU tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 148.251.232.50:28010.

Which Rust version is [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 3 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 23 hours after it began.

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

Once a month is the whole wipe story for [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE, tied to the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 15 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

The rules

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

A procedural map of 4,250 with seed 606762838 is what [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

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

The name of [EU/GER] Alpha Island PvE says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins power it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

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

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 148.251.232.50:28010. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/WAn72f8aDf.

Decoded

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 Survival in vanilla form.
mp50
Max players Slots: 50.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework called Carbon is running here.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it sits 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.