TheDarkZone
Offline 173.249.63.164:28015 checked 25d 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 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include TheDarkZone?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include TheDarkZone: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on TheDarkZone mean?
For the server browser, TheDarkZone lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2633; cs163794 (Build): It's on game build 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
The players
How does TheDarkZone rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank TheDarkZone at #15,954, within the top 70% of ranked servers.
How many players are on TheDarkZone right now?
TheDarkZone went quiet 25 days 22 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is TheDarkZone online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: TheDarkZone was last seen 25 days 22 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is TheDarkZone located?
No region is published by TheDarkZone. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 173.249.63.164:28015.
Which Rust version is TheDarkZone on?
On Linux, TheDarkZone runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on TheDarkZone?
Too few wipes are on record for TheDarkZone to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 54 days 7 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does TheDarkZone run?
The procedural map on TheDarkZone measures 4,000 and comes from the game with seed 378793338. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on TheDarkZone?
The name of TheDarkZone says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join TheDarkZone?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.