Darkstar 5X Experimental
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 50 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪+0 no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak 1
- Rank
- #15,849 top 71%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #15,140 ▼709 places down
- Last wipe
- 11d ago monthly schedule
- Next wipe
- 23d 0h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- 5x read from the name
- Score
- 0 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 3500 Procedural Map · seed 1162579596
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 no hostname published
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 bestTop 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes only- wipe-day peak
- 0 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 23d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 22:30 UTC FW11d ago | 0 | – | running | 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 | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HollowServers.co 5x No BPs [Loot++|MyMini|Shop|Events]10xNA · groups of 8+ · 5x · monthly · 112 on average | 62/150 | ▼−56−47.5% | |
| 2 | AceRust.com 5x No BPs [Loot++|PvP|MyMini|Shop]10xNA · groups of 8+ · 5x · monthly · 80 on average | 20/150 | ▼−40−66.5% | |
| 3 | Rustafields.com [X5][Shop]EU · groups of 16+ · 5x · monthly · 11 on average | 9/150 | ▼−7−43.2% | |
| 4 | JumpRust.com - EU 5x Light|RP Shop|Kits|TP|Events|Monthly|EU · groups of 100+ · 5x · monthly · 9 on average | 16/120 | ▼−3−13.9% | |
| 5 | JumpRust.com - US 5x Light|RP Shop|Kits|TP|Events|Monthly|NA · groups of 100+ · 5x · monthly · 7 on average | 4/120 | ▪+0−9.4% | |
| 6 | NoTime PvP 5x Custom [Events|SkillTree|Skins|RaidBases]NA · groups of 8+ · 5x · monthly · 4 on average | 1/100 | ▼−2−71.4% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageMap and Rules
How is Darkstar 5X Experimental configured in terms of rules and settings?
Darkstar 5X Experimental carries its gather rate in its name: 5x. The default group size of 8 players applies here. survival is the mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. In the server browser it appears under Modded, with plugins or settings that change the game. Plugin count: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is played on Darkstar 5X Experimental?
Darkstar 5X Experimental uses a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1162579596, generated by the game. You can see the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Activity
What position does Darkstar 5X Experimental hold in the server rankings?
In the top 71% of all ranked servers, Darkstar 5X Experimental is #15,849 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players does Darkstar 5X Experimental have?
0 of 50 slots on Darkstar 5X Experimental are filled right now. Average players over seven days: 0; peak: 1.
Wipe Schedule
How does Darkstar 5X Experimental handle wipe day?
Recent wipes at this server drew an average peak of 0 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does Darkstar 5X Experimental schedule its wipes?
The only wipe at Darkstar 5X Experimental is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 11 days 20 hours ago the current world was created. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Server Details
What is the location of Darkstar 5X Experimental?
For Darkstar 5X Experimental, no region is published. Rust Analytics reports the location a server claims, not the machine's actual location. 172.240.229.71:28065 is its address.
How is the performance on Darkstar 5X Experimental?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours is 131; the floor was 100. At its peak it held 70,623 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Up to 2,207 MB of memory was used. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
Darkstar 5X Experimental is on which Rust version?
The build is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows, running on Darkstar 5X Experimental. Joining requires the same protocol on your game, which Steam updates.
What is the uptime and reliability of Darkstar 5X Experimental?
Online at this moment: Darkstar 5X Experimental. The reported uptime puts its last restart at about 6 hours ago. 100% is its uptime for the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Analytics first saw it.
Server Tags
How should you interpret the tags on Darkstar 5X Experimental?
The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp50 (Max players): It holds 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team: the default setting, unchanged; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game needs protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the network layer the game ships with; $r? (Region code): The region code is absent; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: one wipe a month; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The Modded listing applies: plugins or settings change play, which Darkstar 5X Experimental publishes. Also in the tags and at the top of this page: current players, queue and world creation time.
Where does Darkstar 5X Experimental show up in Rust Analytics lists and filters?
The following Rust Analytics lists feature Darkstar 5X Experimental: Rust servers with 5x gather rates and Modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Gather rate: 5x.
Connection
How can I connect to Darkstar 5X Experimental?
Type client.connect 172.240.229.71:28065 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
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.