The Dark Carnival
Online 157.85.86.2:28015 checked 9m ago
Vital stats
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 49% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:41 UTC FW27d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Dark Carnival?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Dark Carnival: Community servers, by the numbers. 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.
What do the server tags on The Dark Carnival mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Dark Carnival: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp75 (Max players): There are 75 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does The Dark Carnival rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Dark Carnival at #11,002, in the top 49% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Dark Carnival right now?
The current tally at The Dark Carnival: 0 players across 75 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
About the server
Is The Dark Carnival online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, The Dark Carnival is up and running. About 40 minutes ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does The Dark Carnival run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 120, with 84 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 119,370: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,252 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The Dark Carnival located?
No region is published by The Dark Carnival. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 157.85.86.2:28015.
Which Rust version is The Dark Carnival on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Dark Carnival runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What happens on The Dark Carnival when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Carnival?
Wipes on The Dark Carnival come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 27 days 17 hours.
The rules
Which map does The Dark Carnival run?
Generated by the game with seed 1201455836, the map on The Dark Carnival is procedural and 4,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Carnival?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Dark Carnival. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join The Dark Carnival?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 157.85.86.2:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.