ALFA
Offline 5.18.253.158:28015 checked 12d ago
Vital stats
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 64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Oct, 15:33 UTC14d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include ALFA?
You'll find ALFA on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on ALFA mean?
For the server browser, ALFA lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): It has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does ALFA rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,766 puts ALFA in the top 64% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on ALFA right now?
Offline now, ALFA was last spotted 12 days 7 hours ago.
Server facts
Is ALFA online, and how reliable is it?
The server ALFA is not online now; 12 days 7 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 25 September 2026.
Where is ALFA located?
No region is published by ALFA. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 5.18.253.158:28015.
Which Rust version is ALFA on?
On Windows, ALFA runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What happens on ALFA when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on ALFA?
The record of ALFA's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 14 days 4 hours is when the present world was made.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on ALFA?
The name of ALFA says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join ALFA?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 5.18.253.158:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.