Dark
Offline 95.84.199.42:28015 checked 4d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 43% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 3, 19 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct, 19:27 UTC6d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 11 Oct, 09:24 UTC16d ago | 2 | halved by day 2 | 10.4 days | 3 |
| Sat 10 Oct, 13:26 UTC17d ago | 3 | – | 0.8 days | 1 |
| Fri 9 Oct, 15:34 UTC18d ago | 3 | – | 0.9 days | 2 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 11:46 UTC19d ago | 3 | – | 1.2 days | 1 |
| Wed 7 Oct, 13:39 UTC20d ago | 2 | – | 0.9 days | 2 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 08:05 UTC30d ago | 2 | – | 10.2 days | 0 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 19:30 UTC33d ago | 3 | held half | 2.5 days | 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Dark?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Dark: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Dark mean?
For the server browser, Dark lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp500 (Max players): Slots: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Dark rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Dark at #9,497, within the top 43% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Dark right now?
The last sighting of Dark was 4 days 10 hours ago, and it is offline now. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 3.
About the server
Is Dark online, and how reliable is it?
Dark shows as offline, last spotted 4 days 10 hours ago. It was up 6% of the time over the last 7 full days, 10 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 24 September 2026.
Where is Dark located?
No region is published by Dark. 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 95.84.199.42:28015.
Which Rust version is Dark on?
On Windows, Dark runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What happens on Dark when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 3 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 19 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 2.
What is the wipe schedule on Dark?
No next wipe can be predicted for Dark: its wipes happen at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 6 days 1 hours is when the present world was made.
Rules and settings
Which map does Dark run?
A procedural map is what Dark runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Dark?
No gather rate appears in the name of Dark. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Dark?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 95.84.199.42:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.