Offline5.18.253.158:28015checked 17d 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
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageServer rules
What are the rules and settings on ALFA?
A gather rate is not given in the name of ALFA. Up to 8 players form a group, which is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Players may raid and fight one another. Under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Population
What is the player count on ALFA?
Right now ALFA is offline, with its last appearance 17 days 3 hours ago.
What is ALFA's ranking among Rust servers?
ALFA is in the top 67% of all ranked servers, at #15,857 for player hours over the last seven days.
Server tags
How should you interpret the tags on ALFA?
These tags are set by ALFA and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): It offers the standard Rust survival experience; mp500 (Max players): 500 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, which is the default for Rust; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the default network layer for Rust, and this server uses it; $r? (Region code): There is no region code. The top of this page also shows its current players, queue, and world creation time, all from the tags.
Where does ALFA appear in When Is Rust Force Wipe lists and filters?
These When Is Rust Force Wipe lists include ALFA: Best Rust community servers. These filters show it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
What is the location of ALFA?
Region: not published by ALFA. What you see on When Is Rust Force Wipe is the server's own location claim; the machine's real spot is not looked up. You can reach it at 5.18.253.158:28015.
How stable is ALFA, and is it online now?
The last time ALFA was seen was 17 days 3 hours ago; it is offline right now. It was up for 0 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours, 0% of the time. The first sighting of it by When Is Rust Force Wipe was on 25 September 2026.
What Rust version is ALFA on?
The version on ALFA is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217, on Windows. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
Wipe days
How often does ALFA wipe, and when?
Its rhythm cannot be told from the wipes of ALFA on record, which are too few. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and every Rust server wipes with it. It has been running its current world since 18 days 21 hours ago.
Connect
What is the process to join ALFA?
Open Rust, press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 5.18.253.158:28015. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to start Rust via Steam and join.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$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.