ALFA
Offline 5.18.255.158:28015 checked 13d ago
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 60% 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 wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags & lists
What is the meaning of the tags on ALFA?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp500 (Max players): The cap is 500; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs166440 (Build): Build 166440; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank is what ALFA tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Where does ALFA appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include ALFA: Community Rust servers in stock. 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.
Rules & map
What map is in play on ALFA?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what ALFA runs.
Which settings and rules apply on ALFA?
No gather rate is given in the name of ALFA. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser puts it under Community: it is a community server. VAC is on.
Server details
Where can you find ALFA?
No region is published by ALFA. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. You can reach it at 5.18.255.158:28015.
What is the uptime like on ALFA?
Right now ALFA is not in stock, last seen 13 days 1 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 0% uptime. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 29 September 2026.
Which Rust build is ALFA running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166440 on Windows is what powers ALFA. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Live players
How does ALFA compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place ALFA at #14,330, in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
Is ALFA busy at the moment?
At the moment ALFA is offline, with a last sighting 13 days 1 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
How often does ALFA wipe?
The wipes of ALFA on record are too few to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 14 days 5 hours ago.
Join the server
What is the way to join ALFA?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 5.18.255.158:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166440,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2634
cs166440
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.