Online 168.100.161.129:28039 checked 7m ago
The Dark Force
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 80 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 29% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts 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 2, 3 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct, 04:35 UTC4d ago | 2 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 09:37 UTC25d ago | 3 | halved by day 3 | 21.8 days | 0 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 18:41 UTC34d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 8.6 days | 0 |
| Wed 16 Sep, 23:36 UTC42d ago | 0 | – | 7.8 days | 0 |
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 details
Is The Dark Force online, and how reliable is it?
Right now The Dark Force is online. Going by the uptime it reports, the last restart came about 4 days 1 hours ago. The last 7 full days put it at 167 of 168 hours up, 99% uptime. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
Does The Dark Force run smoothly?
Averaging 11 server fps across the last 48 hours, it held a floor of 5. Its entity count reached 203,327: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The memory ceiling was 5,549 MB. A climbing entity count plus low fps: that is lag, as players experience it.
Which Rust version is The Dark Force on?
Linux carries Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 at The Dark Force. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is The Dark Force located?
There is no region published on The Dark Force. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. The address you connect to is 168.100.161.129:28039.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Dark Force mean?
Tags published by The Dark Force and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp80 (Max players): Slot count: 80; ts0 (Group limit): No teams here; v2635 (Protocol): Game protocol 2635: join only if your game matches that version; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The Dark Force?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include The Dark Force are: Modded Rust servers, live. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server rules
Which map is running on The Dark Force?
The Dark Force runs a game-generated procedural map: size 6,000, seed 825822194. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here.
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Force?
Nothing in the name of The Dark Force states a gather rate. It publishes no limit on groups. It plays as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Population
How full is The Dark Force right now?
0 of 80 slots are filled on The Dark Force right now. The seven-day average sits at 0 players; the peak reached 2. Peak traffic in the last 48 hours landed at 16:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Where does The Dark Force sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place The Dark Force at #6,418, among the top 29% of ranked servers.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Force?
No next wipe can be predicted for The Dark Force, because it wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe lands, and every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 4 days 3 hours ago.
What does wipe day look like on The Dark Force?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. 3 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. It fell below half by day 2.5 when it didn't hold.
Connect
How do I join The Dark Force?
In the Rust console (F1) type client.connect 168.100.161.129:28039. Alternatively, Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and drops you straight in.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp80,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts0,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp80
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
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.