Offline 157.85.87.237:28015 checked 30d ago
Black Valley
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 120 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
newest first| 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.
Operator and location
Is Black Valley online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment, Black Valley was last seen 30 days 17 hours ago. The last 7 full days put it at 0 of 168 hours up, 0% uptime. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 27 September 2026.
Which Rust version is Black Valley on?
Linux carries Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 at Black Valley. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is Black Valley located?
No region is published by Black Valley. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. 157.85.87.237:28015 is the address.
Lists and filters
What do the server tags on Black Valley mean?
Tags published by Black Valley and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp120 (Max players): The cap is 120 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): The game build here is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore ruleset: survival is harsher, helpers fewer; ^p (PvE): The danger comes from the world, not from other players; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Black Valley?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include Black Valley are: Modded Rust servers, live and Best Rust PvE servers (2026). Under the server list's filters it appears in: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Hardcore ^h, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Map and rules
Which map is running on Black Valley?
Black Valley runs a game-generated procedural map: size 5,000, seed 1. Same size, same seed, same map, so RustMaps shows it from this page. Read the map name off the board: Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Black Valley?
The name of Black Valley does not say what the gather rate is. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. It plays as hardcore, The hardest of Facepunch's modes. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
What is the population on Black Valley at the moment?
The board shows Black Valley offline, last seen 30 days 17 hours ago.
Where does Black Valley sit in the rankings?
Ranked #16,957 on seven-day player hours, Black Valley is in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Black Valley?
The record holds too few of Black Valley's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 30 days 22 hours ago is when its current world was made.
How to join
How do I join Black Valley?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 157.85.87.237:28015. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp120,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^h,^p,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp120
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
Difficulty
^h
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.