The Dark Carnival
Online 157.85.86.2:28015 checked 9m ago
Players
average and peak, with its wipes markedEvery five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
fps, entities and memory, from asking the server directly48 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.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 50% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
| In | When, UTC | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 8d 22h | Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC | FW force wipe |
| 36d 22h | Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC | FW force wipe |
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:41 UTC FW25d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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| Server | Profile | Players now |
|---|---|---|
| Rusty Moose |EU Mondays| | EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 508 on average | 706 / 750 |
| Rustoria.co - EU Main | EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 343 on average | 61 / 250 |
| Rusty Moose |EU Main| | EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 339 on average | 96 / 250 |
| Rustoria.co - EU East Long | EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 315 on average | 397 / 450 |
| Rustoria.co - EU East Medium | EU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 280 on average | 210 / 250 |
| Rustafied.com - EU Friday | EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 260 on average | 177 / 250 |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe data
On what cycle does The Dark Carnival wipe?
With the force wipe, once a month, The Dark Carnival wipes. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: that is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The current world dates from 25 days 21 hours.
Wipe day on The Dark Carnival: what should you expect?
The average busiest count over recent wipes is 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
Server
Which location hosts The Dark Carnival?
No region is published by The Dark Carnival. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Server Analytics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 157.85.86.2:28015.
What Rust build does The Dark Carnival run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is the setup for The Dark Carnival. Your game must match the protocol to join, and Steam applies that update.
What uptime does The Dark Carnival show, and is it up?
As of the latest refresh, The Dark Carnival is online. Its reported uptime indicates a restart roughly 12 hours ago. Uptime over the last full days (7) was 100%, or 168 of 168 hours. It entered Rust Server Analytics records on 13 September 2026.
What performance does The Dark Carnival show?
The 48-hour average was 123 server fps; the low was 103. Entity count reached 119,619, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use reached 5,013 MB at peak. A climbing entity count and low fps are the lag players perceive.
Tags
How should the tags on The Dark Carnival be read?
Tags from The Dark Carnival, as read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp75 (Max players): 75 slots in total; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size of 8; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635 is required: your game must match to connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.
On Rust Server Analytics, which lists and filters feature The Dark Carnival?
The following Rust Server Analytics lists count The Dark Carnival among their servers: Community Rust servers, live. It appears on the server list under the following filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Player numbers
Against other Rust servers, how does The Dark Carnival compare?
The seven-day player-hours rank for The Dark Carnival is #11,030, inside the top 50% of all ranked servers.
At what level does The Dark Carnival run its population?
The Dark Carnival holds 0 players of its 75 slots as of the latest update. Averaging 0 players across seven days, the server reached a peak of 1. Averaged over 48 hours, activity is highest at 09:00 UTC with 0 players.
Settings
What settings and rules does The Dark Carnival use?
The name of The Dark Carnival does not state a gather rate. The default group cap of 8 players applies. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Both fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Community is its listing; it is a community server. The server runs with VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, enabled.
The map on The Dark Carnival: which one is it?
The game generates a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1201455836 for The Dark Carnival. The map is reproducible from its size and seed and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
How to join
How can a player join The Dark Carnival?
In the Rust console (F1), enter client.connect 157.85.86.2:28015. Launch Rust on this page also works, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.