Alpha
138.74.237.80:28015 checked 6d 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 49% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot 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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 21:59 UTC8d 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.
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Quick answers
Rules and settings
What is the setup on Alpha when it comes to rules and settings?
There is no gather rate in the name Alpha. That is the game's default: groups of up to 8 players. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players here. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
What is the map on Alpha?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Alpha runs.
Population
How many players are on Alpha?
At present, Alpha is offline and its last appearance was 6 days 17 hours ago. The seven-day average is 1 players, with a peak of 1.
What position does Alpha hold in the server rankings?
In the top 49% of ranked servers, Alpha holds #10,995 for player hours over the last seven days.
Server tags
What do Alpha's tags indicate?
What the game's server browser gets from Alpha is this tag list: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): Capacity: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8—the default setting for Rust; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634—only players on that version can get in; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): There's no region code here. The tags carry its players now, its queue and the time its world was made as well, and the top of this page displays them.
Where does Alpha appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include Alpha are Rust community servers for clans. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
Is Alpha currently online and stable?
Alpha is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 6 days 17 hours ago. It was up 7% of the time across the last 7 full days: 11 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Zerg Life records is 29 September 2026.
What Rust version is Alpha on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is what Alpha runs, on Windows. You can only join if your game uses the same protocol, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What location does Alpha use?
From Alpha, no region is published. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. You can reach it at 138.74.237.80:28015.
Wipe days
What happens on wipe day on Alpha?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
How often does Alpha wipe, and on what days?
The record of Alpha's wipes is too thin to reveal its rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC: the monthly force wipe that every Rust server gets. The world in play right now was made 8 days ago.
How to join
What steps do I take to join Alpha?
Enter client.connect 138.74.237.80:28015 in the F1 console. Another way: use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs166652
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.