Alone & Afraid
Online OC 116.90.73.233:28015 checked 9m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 9% of all ranked servers, top 27% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 21 daysbetween real wipes
- on rhythm
- 75%of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 8players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0%else halves by day 3.5
Coming wipes
- in 7d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 14d 16hThu 12 Nov, 21:48 UTC
- in 35d 13hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 10 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
22 OCT 2026Thu 22 Oct, 21:48 UTC6d ago |
7 | – | running | 0 |
15 OCT 2026Thu 15 Oct, 10:24 UTC13d ago |
7 | halved by day 3 | 7.5 days | 1 |
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 21:22 UTC FW27d ago |
9 | halved by day 5 | 13.5 days | 0 |
24 SEP 2026Thu 24 Sep, 21:24 UTC34d ago |
12 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 0 |
17 SEP 2026Thu 17 Sep, 21:28 UTC41d ago |
8 | halved by day 4 | 7 days | 0 |
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.
Settings and map
What settings and rules does Alone & Afraid run?
No gather rate appears in the name Alone & Afraid. There is no published group limit. The server runs hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins in use: Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on Alone & Afraid?
A procedural map of size 4,250 is generated by the game on Alone & Afraid.
Tags and filters
Where does Alone & Afraid appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Alone & Afraid are Oceania servers, filed A to Z and Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Oceania; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last week.
Which tags are attached to Alone & Afraid, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by Alone & Afraid and read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp50 (Max players): Player cap: 50; ts0 (Group limit): No teams here; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^b (Biweekly): Every second week brings a wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Expect harsher survival and fewer helpers: this is Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon; OC (Oceania): Oceania is the region shown in the server browser. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
What should you expect on Alone & Afraid when wipe day comes?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 8 players on average. The latest wipe peaked 10 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next wipe 0% of the time. In the other cases, numbers dropped below half by day 3.5.
Which wipe timetable does Alone & Afraid follow?
The wipe rhythm of Alone & Afraid is every 3 weeks on Thursday at 21:48 UTC. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, taken by every Rust server. Its present world dates from 6 days 7 hours. Filed in its tags: a wipe schedule of every two weeks.
Population
How is Alone & Afraid ranked compared with the rest?
Filed under rankings: #2,026 for Alone & Afraid on seven-day player hours, #56 in Oceania, top 9% overall.
Is Alone & Afraid quiet or crowded?
Filed under live counts: Alone & Afraid, 2 players on 50 slots at present. Averaged across seven days: 2 players, peaking at 7. The busiest point in the last 48 hours was 08:00 UTC, averaging 4 players.
Server facts
Which Rust build is Alone & Afraid running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Windows, is what Alone & Afraid runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Alone & Afraid reachable, and does it stay up?
Right now Alone & Afraid is up and running. About 38 hours ago, by its own uptime figure, is when it last restarted. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 99%, 167 hours out of 168. On 13 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Is the performance on Alone & Afraid good?
Server fps held at 30 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 30. The entity count reached 110,340, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. The peak memory figure stood at 6,967 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
What is the location of Alone & Afraid?
The OC tag places Alone & Afraid, by its own listing, in Oceania. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 116.90.73.233:28015.
Connecting
How can you connect to Alone & Afraid?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 116.90.73.233:28015 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^b,^h,OC,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0
Game
gmhardcore
mp50
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^b
Difficulty
^h
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
OC
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.