TheDarkZone
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 10 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪n/a no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #15,954 top 70%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #15,460 ▼494 places down
- Last wipe
- 39d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- – no wipe seen yet
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 0 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 4000 Procedural Map · seed 378793338
- 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 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
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.
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 | ShockRust | Blue | NoLimitno group limit · 128 on average | 74/300 | ▼−37−33.6% | |
| 2 | RETRO RUST #1 Х1000|NOLIMIT|LOOT++|KIT WIPE 13.10EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 108 on average | 80/225 | ▼−1−1.1% | |
| 3 | МИНИ-КАРТА 2Х | STORM | FPS+ 10.10EU · groups of 8+ · weekly · 90 on average | 90/100 | ▪+0−0.4% | |
| 4 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 10.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 85 on average | 27/1000 | ▼−18−40.1% | |
| 5 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЯ 08.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 76 on average | 7/1000 | ▼−13−64.6% | |
| 6 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 11.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 73 on average | 17/700 | ▼−50−74.5% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
What settings and rules are in place on TheDarkZone?
The name of TheDarkZone carries no gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. survival is the mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. Modded is its category in the server browser; plugins or settings modify the game. Plugin count: Oxide. VAC is active.
What is the current map on TheDarkZone?
The map on TheDarkZone is procedural, size 4,000, with seed 378793338, and generated by the game. The map is reproducible from its size and seed; RustMaps shows it from this page.
Player Count
What is the rank of TheDarkZone?
In the top 70% of all ranked servers, TheDarkZone is #15,954 on player hours over the last seven days.
How full is TheDarkZone?
Right now, TheDarkZone is offline; the last sighting was 11 days 6 hours ago.
Wipe Cycle
When does TheDarkZone schedule its wipes?
The record holds too few of TheDarkZone's wipes to establish its rhythm. At the monthly force wipe, every Rust server wipes. That happens next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world now is 39 days 16 hours old.
Server Info
Where can TheDarkZone be found?
For TheDarkZone, no region is published. Where a server says it is, Rust Analytics shows; where the machine stands, it does not look up. 173.249.63.164:28015 is its address.
TheDarkZone runs which version of Rust?
The version in use at TheDarkZone: Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794, on Linux. Joining requires the same protocol on your game, which Steam updates.
Is TheDarkZone up, and how consistent is its uptime?
No response from TheDarkZone. It was last seen 11 days 6 hours ago. 7 full days have passed with 0% uptime, 0 of 168 hours. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Analytics first saw it.
Tags and Rankings
What is the meaning of the tags on TheDarkZone?
These tags are published by TheDarkZone and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust's standard survival mode; mp10 (Max players): Capacity: 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team: the default setting, unchanged; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game needs protocol 2633; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is absent; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): Categorised as Modded: plugins or settings alter gameplay. The top of this page and the tags both show its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
On Rust Analytics, which lists and filters feature TheDarkZone?
These Rust Analytics lists include TheDarkZone: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
How to Join
What steps do I take to join TheDarkZone?
Type client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2633
cs163794
ptrak
$r?
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.