Offline5.18.253.158:28015checked 16d ago
ALFA
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 67% 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
newest first| 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.
Similar servers
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What are the server rules for ALFA?
The name of ALFA does not state a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. It appears in the Community section of the server browser as a community server. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Server tags
Where can ALFA be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
These Rust Player Count lists include ALFA: Best Rust PvE servers. You can find it on the server list using these filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What information do the tags on ALFA convey?
The game's server browser reads these tags from ALFA: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, which is what the game sets by default; v2633 (Protocol): Joining requires the same protocol: 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. The tags also include its current players, its queue and when its world was made, shown at the top of this page.
Population
How many players does ALFA have?
Currently offline, ALFA was last seen 16 days 20 hours ago.
Where does ALFA sit in the rankings?
ALFA is in the top 67% of all ranked servers with a rank of #15,857 for player hours over the past seven days.
Server information
What is the online status and reliability of ALFA?
Last seen 16 days 20 hours ago, ALFA is offline right now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Player Count was on 25 September 2026.
What Rust version is used on ALFA?
Windows hosts ALFA, which runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
What region does ALFA serve?
A region is not published by ALFA. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Player Count shows; it does not check the machine's actual location. It is located at 5.18.253.158:28015.
Wipe days
How often does ALFA wipe?
The rhythm of wipes on ALFA cannot be told yet, since too few are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next monthly force wipe arrives, wiping every Rust server. The present world dates from 18 days 14 hours ago.
Connect to the server
What is the process to join ALFA?
Joining is done by opening the console (F1) and running client.connect 5.18.253.158:28015. Another way is the Launch Rust option on this page, which uses Steam to start Rust and put you in.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
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.