Server profile · NA · us5
The Dark Side
Online, with 0 of 25 players on; ranked #8,146 of every public Rust server, the top 37%. It last wiped 27d ago.
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 5m ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 37% of all ranked servers, top 63% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
No rhythm it keeps.
Its 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 wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, 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 |
Note: 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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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
What should you expect on wipe day at The Dark Side?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. The peak crowd on this wipe came 1 hours after it started. Half the peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the other cases, it dropped below half by day 1.
On what schedule does The Dark Side wipe?
No next wipe can be predicted for The Dark Side, which wipes at irregular times. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server, this one included, takes the monthly force wipe. 27 days 5 hours have passed since its current world was created.
Server
Does The Dark Side hold a steady frame rate?
Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 60, with a floor of 60. At its highest the entity count reached 88,916: buildings, deployables and everything else. It drew as much as 12,240 MB of memory. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
On what version does The Dark Side currently run?
The Rust build is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, running on Linux, for The Dark Side. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
What does uptime look like for The Dark Side, and is it online?
The Dark Side is currently reachable and online. About 5 days 15 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged from the uptime it reports. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 13 September 2026.
What location is listed for The Dark Side?
Its region code is us5, and The Dark Side lists itself in North America using its NA tag. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. You can reach it at 91.229.114.57:28015.
Lists and tags
What is meant by each tag on The Dark Side?
The tags gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp25 (Max players): It holds 25 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams cap at 8; v2635 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $rus5 (Region code): The region code reads us5; ^z (Modded): Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework here is Carbon; NA (North America): The server browser files this server under North America are what The Dark Side publishes, and the server browser in the game reads them. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
Who is behind The Dark Side?
The Dark Side and 18 other servers we track all publish a joinmyga.me hostname, so the same operator most likely runs them.
On which Rust Insights lists does The Dark Side appear?
These Rust Insights lists include The Dark Side: Modded Rust servers, explained and North American 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.
Population history
How many players are on The Dark Side right now, and how does that number move?
Of its 25 slots, The Dark Side currently has 0 filled. The seven-day average is 0 players, and the highest point in that week was 1. The busiest point of the last 48 hours fell at 12:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does The Dark Side place?
On the seven-day player-hours measure, The Dark Side is #8,146, in the top 37% of all ranked servers and #1,176 in North America.
Settings and rules
How is The Dark Side configured, and what rules apply?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of The Dark Side. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default in the game. You get survival as the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a Modded entry: plugins or settings modify the game. Carbon is the plugin count it runs. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
What is the map on The Dark Side?
The Dark Side runs a procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 1337, generated by the game. The same size and seed produce the same map, so from this page you can look at it on RustMaps. Its map carries the name Custom Map.
Connecting
What is the way to join The Dark Side?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.