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Hello Darkness PVE

Offline 97.247.33.103:28015 checked 15h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 100 slots 0% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,426top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe8d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123415:0017:0019:0022:0000:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608015:0017:0019:0022:0000:0002:00

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 27 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k27 Oct28 Oct

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

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

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): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 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): Game build: 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. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does Hello Darkness PVE rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Hello Darkness PVE at #15,426, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Hello Darkness PVE right now?

Offline now, Hello Darkness PVE was last spotted 15 hours ago. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is Hello Darkness PVE online, and how reliable is it?

Down at the moment: Hello Darkness PVE was last seen 15 hours ago. About 22 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 27 October 2026.

Does Hello Darkness PVE run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 61, with 43 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 121,620: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,410 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Hello Darkness PVE located?

There is no region from Hello Darkness PVE. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 97.247.33.103:28015.

Which Rust version is Hello Darkness PVE on?

On Windows, Hello Darkness PVE runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What is the wipe schedule on Hello Darkness PVE?

Too few wipes are on record for Hello Darkness PVE to reveal its rhythm. 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. 8 days 15 hours is when the present world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Hello Darkness PVE run?

Generated by the game with seed 1470027, the map on Hello Darkness PVE is procedural and 4,500 in size. 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 Hello Darkness PVE?

The name of Hello Darkness PVE 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.

Getting in

How do I join Hello Darkness PVE?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 97.247.33.103:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp100
Max players It has 100 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 Game build: 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.