The Dark Side
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 7m ago
Stats
- Players
- 0/ 25
- 0% full
- Slots
- 25open
- 25 max players
- 7-day avg
- 0
- 7-day average · peak 1
- FPS
- 60
- server frames a second, the latest hour; the bar fills at 60
- Uptime
- 4d 11h
- since its last restart; the bar fills at a day
- Rank
- #8,136
- top 37% · #1176 in NA
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 FW26d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 21:28 UTC32d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 6 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 01:17 UTC33d ago | 1 | – | 1.8 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:25 UTC34d 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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageRules and settings
Which map is loaded on The Dark Side?
Size 4,000 and seed 1337 define the game-generated procedural map on The Dark Side. Same size, same seed, same map, viewable on RustMaps from this page. Custom Map is the map name shown.
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Side?
The Dark Side says nothing in its name about a gather rate. 8 players is the group cap, unchanged from the game's default. survival is the mode, the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. Raids and player combat are part of the game. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins in play: Carbon. Anti-cheat is on: VAC is enabled.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Side?
No next wipe can be pinned down on The Dark Side, which wipes at irregular times. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 1 hours.
What happens on The Dark Side when wipe day arrives?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd was at its highest. Half the peak or more lasted until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. Day 1 is when it dropped under half on the wipes that failed to hold.
Tag guide
Who is behind The Dark Side?
The same operator most likely runs them all: The Dark Side publishes a joinmyga.me hostname, as do 19 other servers we track.
What do the server tags on The Dark Side mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp25 (Max players): Slot count: 25; ts8 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the default network layer of the game; $rus5 (Region code): Region code: us5; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: settings or plugins change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): It runs Carbon, a framework for plugins; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America are the tags The Dark Side publishes for the game's server browser. The top of this page also shows the live player count, the queue and when the world was made, all from the tags.
Which Rust Leaderboard lists and filters include The Dark Side?
Best modded Rust servers and Best US Rust servers are the Rust Leaderboard lists that include The Dark Side. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
About the server
Which Rust version is The Dark Side running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is the version The Dark Side runs. The protocol has to match on both sides for a join; Steam keeps yours updated.
Is The Dark Side online right now, and how steady has it been?
Right now the lights are on at The Dark Side. The uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 4 days 11 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days it was up for 168, or 100%. Rust Leaderboard logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
How well does The Dark Side perform?
The 48-hour average is 60 server fps; the floor was 60. Up to 88,916 entities were in play, buildings and deployables among them. The top memory figure was 10,932 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are the lag players actually notice.
Where in the world is The Dark Side hosted?
The Dark Side is listed in North America under its NA tag, with us5 as the region code. Rust Leaderboard shows the location a server claims and does not look up the machine's real position. 91.229.114.57:28015 is its address.
Player count
Where does The Dark Side sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days give The Dark Side #8,136 worldwide, #1,176 in North America, and the top 37% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Dark Side right now?
On The Dark Side, 0 players are in and 25 slots are on the board. 1 was the high point over seven days, with 0 players on average. The busiest point in the last 48 hours was 12:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
Connect
How do I join The Dark Side?
Type client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015 into the console after pressing F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same via Steam.