The Dark Force
Online 168.100.161.129:28039 checked 10m ago
Players now
Live- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- 1
- Peak, 7 days
- 2
0% full
Rank
top 28%
7-day average
peak 2
Last wipe
no schedule published
Next wipe
no rhythm it keeps
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 28% of all ranked servers. 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 2, 3 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct, 04:35 UTC4d ago | 2 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 09:37 UTC26d ago | 3 | halved by day 3 | 21.8 days | 0 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 18:41 UTC35d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 8.6 days | 0 |
| Wed 16 Sep, 23:36 UTC42d ago | 0 | – | 7.8 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- 1 36/ 500
- 2 132/ 100
- 3 65/ 225
- 4 24/ 700
- 5 73/ 700
- 6 281/ 310
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageAbout
Is The Dark Force online, and how reliable is it?
Players can join The Dark Force: it is online. The uptime it reports puts its last restart about 4 days 16 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online: 99%. Our records for it start on 13 September 2026, when Rust Dashboard first saw it.
Which version of Rust does The Dark Force run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is running on The Dark Force, which sits on Linux. Steam keeps your game updated, so it will be on the same protocol and able to join.
Where is The Dark Force located?
No region is published by The Dark Force. A server's stated location is what Rust Dashboard displays; it does not check where the machine stands. 168.100.161.129:28039 is where it lives.
Does The Dark Force run smoothly?
The last 48 hours gave an average of 9 server fps, and it never went under 5. At its highest the count reached 203,164 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest. At its highest, it took 5,549 MB of memory. When fps is low and entities keep piling up, players notice it as lag.
Tags, lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include The Dark Force?
These Rust Dashboard lists include The Dark Force: Modded Rust servers, live now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on The Dark Force mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Dark Force: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game mode; mp80 (Max players): 80 is the slot count; ts0 (Group limit): There are no teams here; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs to be on the same version, protocol 2635, to get in; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugins here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings; the listing is Modded. At the top of this page you'll find the current players, the queue and the world's creation time, which the tags carry too.
Live players
How busy is The Dark Force?
0 players are playing on The Dark Force right now, out of 80 slots. Its seven-day average is 0 players, and it reached 2 at the highest. Across the last 48 hours, the peak came at 09:00 UTC with an average of 1 players.
How does The Dark Force rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #6,274 on the last seven days of player hours, The Dark Force is in the top 28% of all ranked servers.
Reset times
What does wipe day look like on The Dark Force?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. 3 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Above half that peak until the next wipe: that held in 0% of recent wipes. When that did not happen, the crowd was below half by day 2.5.
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Force?
No next wipe can be predicted for The Dark Force, because it wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe takes every Rust server with it. The world now in play was generated 4 days 18 hours ago.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Force?
You will not find a gather rate in the name of The Dark Force. A group limit is not listed. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Raids and player fights are part of the game here. Modded is its category in the browser, because plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are loaded. The anti-cheat from Valve, VAC, is active.
Which map does The Dark Force run?
The Dark Force runs a procedural map of size 6,000 with seed 825822194, made by the game. Because size and seed fix the map, a RustMaps view is available from this page.
Connect
How do I join The Dark Force?
The console in Rust opens with F1, and client.connect 168.100.161.129:28039 goes in there. Launch Rust on this page is the other route, opening Rust through Steam to connect you.