The Dark Side
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 7m 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 37% of all ranked servers, top 63% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe 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.
Wipes
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| Server | Profile | Players now |
|---|---|---|
| Friendly Seattle: No KOS | Chill | Noob Friendly | NA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 41 on average | 51 / 100 |
| [US] Enardo - Random Farming - Small One Grid | OneGrid | NA · groups of 8+ · 29 on average | 46 / 60 |
| [NA] Willjum's Solo Only | Thursday Wipes | NA · groups of 8+ · weekly · 26 on average | 16 / 100 |
| Rust Degens - US Vanilla | Fridays | NA · groups of 8+ · weekly · 15 on average | 0 / 150 |
| [NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo Monthly | NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 15 on average | 12 / 175 |
| Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvP | NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average | 10 / 90 |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe data
When does The Dark Side wipe?
No next wipe can be predicted for The Dark Side, which wipes at irregular times. The next force wipe, which every Rust server receives, is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The current world dates from 27 days 6 hours.
On The Dark Side, what happens on wipe day?
The average busiest count over recent wipes is 1 players. Peak population for the latest wipe came 1 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. By day 1 it had fallen below half where the hold failed.
Server
Which location hosts The Dark Side?
The NA tag on The Dark Side lists it in North America, with us5 as the region code. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Server Analytics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 91.229.114.57:28015 is its address.
What Rust build does The Dark Side run?
On Linux, The Dark Side runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol has to match before you can join; Steam updates it automatically.
Is The Dark Side up, and how steady is its uptime?
The Dark Side reports online at the current check. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 5 days 15 hours ago. 99% uptime over the last 7 full days, equal to 167 of 168 hours. The first sighting of it by Rust Server Analytics was on 13 September 2026.
Does The Dark Side perform well?
The 48-hour average was 60 server fps; the low was 60. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects brought the entity total to 88,916. Memory use reached 12,240 MB at peak. Players experience lag as low fps combined with a rising entity count.
Lists and tags
Which meanings do the tags on The Dark Side carry?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp25 (Max players): Capacity of 25 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Team cap of 8, the stock game setting; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs your game on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $rus5 (Region code): Region code: us5; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, where plugins or settings change the game; ^y (Carbon): The Carbon plugin framework is installed; NA (North America): Its browser listing sits in North America are the tags The Dark Side publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page you can see the player count, queue and world age, all of which the tags also hold.
Where does The Dark Side appear across Rust Server Analytics's lists and filters?
Among the Rust Server Analytics lists The Dark Side fits are: Modded Rust servers: live data and North America Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
By whom is The Dark Side run?
18 other servers we track publish a joinmyga.me hostname too, and so does The Dark Side, which points to a shared operator.
Player numbers
Against other Rust servers, how does The Dark Side compare?
For player hours over the last seven days, The Dark Side places #8,146 globally and #1,176 in North America, in the top 37% of all ranked servers.
How many players does The Dark Side carry?
The Dark Side holds 0 players of its 25 slots as of the latest update. The seven-day mean is 0 players, against a peak of 1. The 48-hour peak window is 12:00 UTC, at an average of 0 players.
Settings
What settings and rules does The Dark Side use?
The name of The Dark Side does not state a gather rate. The game's default 8-player group limit is in force. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Player-versus-player combat and raiding are both enabled. Plugins or settings modify the game, and it is listed as Modded. The plugin framework is Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map for The Dark Side?
A procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 1337, generated by the game, runs on The Dark Side. The map is reproducible from its size and seed and can be seen on RustMaps from here. Named map: Custom Map.
How to join
What is the way onto The Dark Side?
In the Rust console (F1), enter client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015. Launch Rust on this page also works, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.