Offline 173.249.63.164:28015 checked 26d ago
TheDarkZone
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 10 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 70% 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.
Server details
Is TheDarkZone online, and how reliable is it?
TheDarkZone sits offline; 26 days 1 hours ago is when it was last seen. 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 0 of 168 hours up. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 13 September 2026.
Which Rust version is TheDarkZone on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Linux: that is the setup at TheDarkZone. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is TheDarkZone located?
There is no region published on TheDarkZone. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. You will find it at 173.249.63.164:28015.
Server tags
What do the server tags on TheDarkZone mean?
Tags published by TheDarkZone and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp10 (Max players): The cap is 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2633 (Protocol): Game protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs163794 (Build): It runs game build 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include TheDarkZone?
These Rust Player Stats lists take TheDarkZone: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
Which map is running on TheDarkZone?
Size 4,000, seed 378793338: that is the procedural map TheDarkZone runs, generated by the game. Same size, same seed, same map, so RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on TheDarkZone?
No gather rate appears in the name of TheDarkZone. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. survival, build, gather and raid in the standard game. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
How full is TheDarkZone right now?
The board shows TheDarkZone offline, last seen 26 days 1 hours ago.
Where does TheDarkZone sit in the rankings?
The last seven days put TheDarkZone at #15,954 on player hours: top 70% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on TheDarkZone?
To tell its rhythm, more of TheDarkZone's wipes need to be on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe lands, and every Rust server wipes. 54 days 10 hours ago is when its current world was made.
Joining the server
How do I join TheDarkZone?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2633
cs163794
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.