Element card · group Modded · atomic number 15,954, its rank
TheDarkZone
Offline 173.249.63.164:28015 checked 26d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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.
Rank
daily · 1 is best
Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
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.
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Quick answers
from the figures on this pageSettings and map
What map is in play on TheDarkZone?
A procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 378793338 runs on TheDarkZone, generated by the game. The map repeats when size and seed match, and you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
How is TheDarkZone configured, and what rules apply?
No gather rate appears in the name of TheDarkZone. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. Play runs as survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
Server facts
Which location is TheDarkZone based in?
Nothing about a region is published by TheDarkZone. The location shown is the one a server states; Rust Data Lab does not check where the machine actually stands. 173.249.63.164:28015 is the address it uses.
What Rust version does TheDarkZone currently run?
On Linux, TheDarkZone is running Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliably does TheDarkZone stay online?
TheDarkZone is not online at the moment; the last sighting was 26 days 6 hours ago. For the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, giving 0% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Data Lab was on 13 September 2026.
Wipes and resets
What is the wiping pattern on TheDarkZone?
Too few wipes are on record for TheDarkZone to reveal a rhythm. A monthly force wipe happens on every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Counting back, the current world began 54 days 15 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What should you understand from the tags TheDarkZone carries?
These are the tags TheDarkZone makes public for the server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game here; mp10 (Max players): 10 is the slot count; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633 is required; join only if your game matches it; cs163794 (Build): The game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set here; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Because plugins or settings change the game, it is filed under Modded. Current players, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags too, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does TheDarkZone appear in?
You will find TheDarkZone on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Modded Rust servers, measured. Applying these filters on the server list returns it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Player numbers
How does TheDarkZone compare with other servers in the rankings?
Player hours over the last week put TheDarkZone at #15,954, inside the top 70% of ranked servers.
How full is TheDarkZone right now?
The last recorded sighting of TheDarkZone was 26 days 6 hours ago, and it is offline now.
How to join
How can you connect to TheDarkZone?
In Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015. Or click Launch Rust here to open Rust via Steam and connect automatically.