Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 8m ago
The Dark Side
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 25 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 37% of all ranked servers, top 63% in NA. 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 1, 1 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 21:28 UTC33d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 6 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 01:17 UTC35d ago | 1 | – | 1.8 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:25 UTC35d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 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.
About the server
Is The Dark Side online, and how reliable is it?
Online now, The Dark Side is up. The reported uptime puts the last restart at roughly 8 hours ago. 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 167 of 168 hours up. On 13 September 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Does The Dark Side run smoothly?
Averaging 60 server fps across the last 48 hours, it held a floor of 60. Up to 88,423 entities sat in the world, buildings and deployables included. The memory ceiling was 12,240 MB. Lag, to a player, is these two together: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which Rust version is The Dark Side on?
On Linux, The Dark Side runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is The Dark Side located?
Its region code is us5, and the NA tag places The Dark Side in North America. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. The address you connect to is 91.229.114.57:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Dark Side mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Dark Side: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp25 (Max players): Slot count: 25; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $rus5 (Region code): Region code: us5; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. 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.
Who runs The Dark Side?
One operator most likely runs The Dark Side and the 18 other servers we track that share its joinmyga.me hostname.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The Dark Side?
You will find The Dark Side on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Modded Rust servers, live and North America Rust servers. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
Which map is running on The Dark Side?
The Dark Side runs a game-generated procedural map: size 4,000, seed 1337. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here. Its map is called Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Side?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Dark Side. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. build, gather and raid in the standard game: that is the survival game mode. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Carbon. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Live counts
How full is The Dark Side right now?
Out of 25 slots, 0 are taken on The Dark Side at this moment. Averaged across seven days: 0 players. The high point: 1. It drew its biggest crowd of the last 48 hours at 12:00 UTC: 0 players on average.
Where does The Dark Side sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days The Dark Side has logged enough player hours for #8,118, which puts it in the top 37% of ranked servers and at #1,176 in North America.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Side?
There is no next wipe to predict for The Dark Side, which wipes at irregular times. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 27 days 14 hours ago is when its current world was made.
What does wipe day look like on The Dark Side?
1 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. 1 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 1, it had fallen below half when it didn't hold.
Joining the server
How do I join The Dark Side?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp25,ptrak,$rus5,v2635,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp25
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$rus5
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
NA
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.