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Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore

Online 24.235.3.78:28015 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 3/ 100 slots 3% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 7
Rank#2,284top 10%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe8d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246809:0021:0005:0014:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020009:0021:0005:0014:0022:0007:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 10% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence

20
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 10hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 20, 35 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:16 UTC FW26d ago 20 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore: Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore at #2,284, within the top 10% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore right now?

3 players are on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore at the moment, out of 100 slots. Peak for the week was 7, against an average of 2 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 04:00 UTC, averaging 7 players.

About the server

Is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 20 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 165, a 98% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 104 server fps, with a low of 65. At its peak it held 113,397 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,849 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore located?

There is no region from Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 24.235.3.78:28015.

Which Rust version is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore on?

On Linux, Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What happens on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 20 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 35 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. Its current world has been live for 26 days 14 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

The rules

Which map does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore run?

Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore runs a procedural map of 4,096, made by the game. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

No gather rate appears in the name of Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs hardcore, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 24.235.3.78:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/mfqMSTTT7k.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode A harsher ruleset, hardcore.
mp100
Max players It has 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^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.