TheDarkZone
Offline 173.249.63.164:28015 checked 26d ago
Players now
- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- –
- Peak, 7 days
- –
0% full
Rank
top 70%
7-day average
peak –
Last wipe
no schedule published
Next wipe
no wipe seen yet
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 wipes- 1 44/ 500
- 2 129/ 100
- 3 62/ 225
- 4 18/ 700
- 5 3/ 200
- 6 4/ 1000
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageAbout
Is TheDarkZone online, and how reliable is it?
TheDarkZone is not online right now, and 26 days 3 hours have passed since we last saw it. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online: 0%. Our records for it start on 13 September 2026, when Rust Dashboard first saw it.
Which version of Rust does TheDarkZone run?
TheDarkZone runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794, and Linux is the system under it. Joining needs the same protocol on your side, and Steam handles that update.
Where is TheDarkZone located?
There is no region on TheDarkZone. Rust Dashboard takes the location a server gives; the machine's real position is not checked. 173.249.63.164:28015 is where it lives.
Tags, lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include TheDarkZone?
The Rust Dashboard lists that carry TheDarkZone are: Modded Rust servers, live now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on TheDarkZone mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from TheDarkZone: gmrust (Game mode): This is Rust as it comes, with survival rules unchanged; mp10 (Max players): It holds 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game's own limit of 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must run protocol 2633; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The game's standard network layer, RakNet, carries this server; $r? (Region code): This server sets no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, and appear at the top of this page.
Player counts
How busy is TheDarkZone?
At the moment TheDarkZone is offline; it last showed 26 days 3 hours ago.
How does TheDarkZone rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put TheDarkZone at #15,954, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on TheDarkZone?
The record holds too few of TheDarkZone's wipes to show a rhythm. A force wipe comes once a month for all Rust servers, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world now in play was generated 54 days 13 hours ago.
Settings
What are the rules and settings on TheDarkZone?
No gather rate appears in the name of TheDarkZone. Groups hold up to 8 players, the default for the game. survival is the mode here, gather, build and raid: the standard game. You can fight other players and raid their bases. Plugins or settings alter the game, so the browser puts it under Modded. Oxide plugins run on it. The anti-cheat from Valve, VAC, is active.
Which map does TheDarkZone run?
The game generates the procedural map on TheDarkZone, size 4,000 with seed 378793338. Size and seed fix the map, so this page can show it on RustMaps.
Join
How do I join TheDarkZone?
The console in Rust opens with F1, and client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015 goes in there. Launch Rust on this page is the other route, opening Rust through Steam to connect you.