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ALFA

Offline 5.18.255.158:28015 checked 26d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 500 slots 0% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#14,330top 60%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe28d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k29 Sep1 Oct3 Oct4 Oct6 Oct8 Oct

Top 60% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server 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?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from ALFA: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): Slots: 500; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166440 (Build): It's on game build 166440; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does ALFA rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank ALFA at #14,330, within the top 60% of ranked servers.

How many players are on ALFA right now?

Offline now, ALFA was last spotted 26 days 20 hours ago.

Server details

Is ALFA online, and how reliable is it?

ALFA shows as offline, last spotted 26 days 20 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 29 September 2026.

Where is ALFA located?

There is no region from 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 5.18.255.158:28015.

Which Rust version is ALFA on?

On Windows, ALFA runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166440. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What is the wipe schedule on ALFA?

Too few wipes are on record for ALFA to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 28 days 1 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does ALFA run?

The map on ALFA is procedural, made by the game.

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. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join ALFA?

Enter client.connect 5.18.255.158:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166440,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp500
Max players Slots: 500.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2634
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634.
cs166440
Build It's on game build 166440.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

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.