Hello Darkness PVE
Offline 97.171.185.161:28015 checked 2d 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 27 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 68% 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Hello Darkness PVE?
You'll find Hello Darkness PVE on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 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 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Hello Darkness PVE mean?
These are the tags Hello Darkness PVE publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^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.
Player counts
How does Hello Darkness PVE rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Hello Darkness PVE at #15,268, in the top 68% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Hello Darkness PVE right now?
The last sighting of Hello Darkness PVE was 2 days 6 hours ago, and it is offline now. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
Server details
Is Hello Darkness PVE online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Hello Darkness PVE was last seen 2 days 6 hours ago. Over the last 1 full day it was up 0% of the time, 0 of 24 hours. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 27 October 2026.
Where is Hello Darkness PVE located?
No region is published by Hello Darkness PVE. 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 97.171.185.161:28015.
Which Rust version is Hello Darkness PVE on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Hello Darkness PVE runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Hello Darkness PVE?
Hello Darkness PVE's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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 9 days 18 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Hello Darkness PVE run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1470027 is what Hello Darkness PVE runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Hello Darkness PVE?
No gather rate appears in the name of Hello Darkness PVE. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Hello Darkness PVE?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 97.171.185.161:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.