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Dark Horizon

Online 192.142.48.17:27234 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,323top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe24d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no rhythm it keeps
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123412:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040012:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

4.4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 4 OctSun 27 SepFri 25 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 3 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 16:57 UTC24d ago 2 – running 0
Sun 27 Sep, 18:31 UTC31d ago 0 – 6.9 days 0
Fri 25 Sep, 19:29 UTC33d ago 3 – 2 days 2

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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Dark Horizon?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Dark Horizon: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Dark Horizon mean?

These are the tags Dark Horizon publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^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.

Population

How does Dark Horizon rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Dark Horizon at #15,323, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Dark Horizon right now?

The current tally at Dark Horizon: 0 players across 50 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is Dark Horizon online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Dark Horizon is online. About 2 days 17 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 86% of the time over the last 7 full days, 144 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does Dark Horizon run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 226, and it never went below 201. Entities reached a maximum of 60,071: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 4,555 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Dark Horizon located?

No region is published by Dark Horizon. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 192.142.48.17:27234.

Which Rust version is Dark Horizon on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Dark Horizon runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on Dark Horizon when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 3 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Dark Horizon?

There is no next wipe to predict on Dark Horizon, because wipes come at irregular times. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 24 days 15 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does Dark Horizon run?

The procedural map on Dark Horizon measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 1337. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Dark Horizon?

The name of Dark Horizon says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. 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.

How to join

How do I join Dark Horizon?

Enter client.connect 192.142.48.17:27234 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Mods and access

^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.

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.