Dark
Offline 95.84.199.42:28015 checked 5d 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
Top 43% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
- usual gap
- 1.2 daysbetween real wipes
- on rhythm
- 14%of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 3players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0%else halves by day 2
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 19 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
21 OCT 2026Wed 21 Oct, 19:27 UTC7d ago |
3 | – | running | 0 |
11 OCT 2026Sun 11 Oct, 09:24 UTC17d ago |
2 | halved by day 2 | 10.4 days | 3 |
10 OCT 2026Sat 10 Oct, 13:26 UTC18d ago |
3 | – | 0.8 days | 1 |
9 OCT 2026Fri 9 Oct, 15:34 UTC19d ago |
3 | – | 0.9 days | 2 |
8 OCT 2026Thu 8 Oct, 11:46 UTC20d ago |
3 | – | 1.2 days | 1 |
7 OCT 2026Wed 7 Oct, 13:39 UTC21d ago |
2 | – | 0.9 days | 2 |
27 SEP 2026Sun 27 Sep, 08:05 UTC31d ago |
2 | – | 10.2 days | 0 |
24 SEP 2026Thu 24 Sep, 19:30 UTC34d ago |
3 | held half | 2.5 days | 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.
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
On Dark, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Dark. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Filed under plugins: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on Dark?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Dark runs.
Tags
Where does Dark appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Dark: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Which tags are attached to Dark, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by Dark and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp500 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 500; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): It runs build 166652; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe schedule
What happens on wipe day at Dark?
Its recent wipes averaged 3 players at peak. 19 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. 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 2.
How often is Dark wiped, and on what schedule?
Dark wipes at times that follow no pattern, so no next wipe can be predicted. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now was made 7 days 5 hours.
Players and ranking
What position does Dark hold among Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days, Dark takes #9,496, within the top 43% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Dark look like?
The last check found Dark offline, last seen 5 days 15 hours ago. Averaged across seven days: 1 players, peaking at 3.
Server details
Which Rust build is Dark running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what you will find on Dark. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the uptime and current status of Dark?
As of now Dark is offline, with its last appearance 5 days 15 hours ago. It was up 8 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 5% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 24 September 2026.
Which region is Dark in?
Dark gives no region at all. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 95.84.199.42:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto Dark?
Enter client.connect 95.84.199.42:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.