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The Dark Side
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 8m 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 bestTop 37% of all ranked servers, top 63% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts 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 wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
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 |
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.
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01MODPlayers 27/100
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02MODPlayers 14/50
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03MODPlayers 4/100
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04MODPlayers 2/150
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05MODPlayers 6/175
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06MODPlayers 6/90
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Where does The Dark Side appear in Rust Tracker lists and filters?
Modded servers, tracked live and North America: live server tracking — the Rust Tracker lists that include The Dark Side. It comes up under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags on The Dark Side?
These tags are published by The Dark Side for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp25 (Max players): 25 slots on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2635 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard; $rus5 (Region code): Region code for this server: us5; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings; listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Who operates The Dark Side?
A joinmyga.me hostname is published by The Dark Side, as it is by 18 other servers we track; same operator, most likely.
Wipe Schedule
What happens on The Dark Side on wipe day?
At their busiest, recent wipes averaged 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half the peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. By day 1 the crowd dropped below half where it did not hold.
Which wipe times are confirmed for The Dark Side?
Irregular wipe times at The Dark Side: there is no next wipe to predict. Next monthly force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes with it. 27 days 10 hours since this world was made.
Server Details
How reliable is The Dark Side, and is it online now?
The Dark Side is up and online at this moment. About 4 hours ago it restarted last, based on reported uptime. Uptime stood at 99% for the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours online. Rust Tracker logged it first on 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build is The Dark Side running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build on The Dark Side; the platform is Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is The Dark Side holding performance?
For the last 48 hours it averaged 60 server fps; the floor was 60. Maximum entities carried: 88,916, from buildings and deployables to everything else. Peak memory use: 12,240 MB. Lag, as players experience it, comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
What location is The Dark Side hosted in?
In North America, under the NA tag, The Dark Side lists itself; its region code is us5. The location shown by Rust Tracker is the server's own claim; no lookup of the machine's position is made. You connect at 91.229.114.57:28015.
Population
What is the player count on The Dark Side?
Slots 25; players on board 0: that is The Dark Side now. Over seven days: average 0, peak 1 players. Busiest window in 48 hours: 12:00 UTC, 0 players on average.
What rank does The Dark Side carry among Rust servers?
The Dark Side places #8,139 on seven-day player hours, #1,176 in North America and in the top 37% of all ranked servers.
Map and Rules
Which settings and rules are confirmed on The Dark Side?
The name of The Dark Side carries no gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are on. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins run on it. On: VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is loaded on The Dark Side?
Generated by the game from seed 1337, the procedural map on The Dark Side measures 4,000. Same size, same seed, same map. RustMaps shows it, linked from this page. Read the name of its map: Custom Map.
Connect
How do you get onto The Dark Side?
To connect: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015 in the console. Or use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and join.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp25,ptrak,$rus5,v2635,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp25
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$rus5
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
NA
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.