Offline173.249.63.164:28015checked 11d ago
TheDarkZone
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
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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageRules, map and settings
What are the server rules for TheDarkZone?
A gather rate is absent from the name of TheDarkZone. Groups are capped at 8 players, the default in the game. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Modded, because plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Oxide. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
What is the map on TheDarkZone?
A procedural map of size 4,000 is what TheDarkZone runs, generated by the game with seed 378793338. You can see it on RustMaps from this page, because the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags and filters
Where can TheDarkZone be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
These Rust Player Count 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 should you interpret the tags on TheDarkZone?
For the game's server browser, TheDarkZone publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, which is what the game sets by default; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs163794 (Build): It runs on game build 163794; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays. At the top of this page, its tags show its current players, queue and world creation time as well.
Player count
How many players does TheDarkZone have?
TheDarkZone is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 11 days 7 hours ago.
What position does TheDarkZone hold among Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, TheDarkZone is #15,954 for player hours, placing it in the top 70% of ranked servers.
Server details
What is the uptime and reliability of TheDarkZone?
Last seen 11 days 7 hours ago, TheDarkZone is offline right now. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, which is 0% uptime. Its first appearance in Rust Player Count was on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is used on TheDarkZone?
On Linux, TheDarkZone runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. The protocol has to match for you to join, but Steam updates it without any action from you.
What is the location of TheDarkZone?
There is no region published by TheDarkZone. Rust Player Count displays the location a server claims, not the physical location of the machine. It is located at 173.249.63.164:28015.
Wipe schedule
How often does TheDarkZone wipe?
With so few of TheDarkZone's wipes on record, its rhythm remains unclear. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC it comes next. The present world dates from 39 days 16 hours ago.
How to join
What steps are needed to join TheDarkZone?
To get in, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015. You can also click Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and brings you onto the server.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$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.