Offline 168.222.21.31:28015 checked 28d ago
DARK
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 100 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 65% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. 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, 1 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 01:57 UTC28d ago | 2 | – | running | 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.
Operator and location
Is DARK online, and how reliable is it?
Offline right now, with a last sighting 28 days 12 hours ago: DARK. 0 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 0% of the time. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 1 October 2026.
Which Rust version is DARK on?
Windows carries Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 at DARK. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is DARK located?
No region is published by DARK. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. 168.222.21.31:28015 is the address.
Tags
What do the server tags on DARK mean?
Tags published by DARK and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp100 (Max players): The cap is 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): No more than 8 to a team, as the game sets by default; v2633 (Protocol): Game protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs165217 (Build): It runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework is Carbon. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include DARK?
You will find DARK on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Map and rules
Which map is running on DARK?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what DARK runs.
What are the rules and settings on DARK?
Nothing in the name of DARK states a gather rate. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. gather, build, raid: the standard game: that is the survival game mode. You can fight and raid other players here. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Carbon. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Population
What is the population on DARK at the moment?
The board shows DARK offline, last seen 28 days 12 hours ago.
Where does DARK sit in the rankings?
The last seven days put DARK at #15,456 on player hours: top 65% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on DARK?
To tell its rhythm, more of DARK's wipes need to be on record. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 28 days 14 hours ago, its current world was made.
What does wipe day look like on DARK?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 1 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe.
Connect
How do I join DARK?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 168.222.21.31:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.