DARK
Offline 168.222.21.31:28015 checked 28d ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server 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.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 65% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe 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 2, 1 hours in.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 01:57 UTC28d ago | 2° | – | running | 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on DARK?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on DARK?
DARK has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to show. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe resets every Rust server. 28 days 17 hours ago the server made the world it is on now.
Population
How busy is DARK?
DARK went quiet 28 days 15 hours ago and is offline right now.
How does DARK rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #15,456 on seven-day player hours, DARK is in the top 65% of all ranked servers.
Settings and rules
Which map does DARK run?
The game generates the procedural map on DARK.
What are the rules and settings on DARK?
The name DARK does not specify a gather rate. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the limit here. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Players can fight each other, and raids are allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins run on this server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
About the server
Which version of Rust does DARK run?
The build on DARK is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217, running on Windows. Your game must run the same protocol to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is DARK online, and how reliable is it?
DARK is down just now; the last sighting was 28 days 15 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. It first appears in Rust Heatmap records on 1 October 2026.
Where is DARK located?
No region is published by DARK. Rust Heatmap shows the location a server states. It does not look up the machine's location. 168.222.21.31:28015 is its address.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include DARK?
The Rust Heatmap lists that DARK fits are: Modded Rust servers, by live population. You will find it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on DARK mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags DARK publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard rules; mp100 (Max players): The slot count is 100; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team: the default the game ships with; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must match protocol 2633 to get in; cs165217 (Build): The game build here is 165217; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^z (Modded): Listed as Modded, since settings or plugins change the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. The top of this page also shows the tags for players now, the queue and when the world was made.
Connect
How do I join DARK?
Enter client.connect 168.222.21.31:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you.