Dark Light
Offline 157.228.152.22:28015 checked 11d ago
Measurements
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 35 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Oct, 08:04 UTC13d ago | 0 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 12:28 UTC19d ago | 1 | – | 5.8 days | 1 |
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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Dark Light rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Dark Light at #15,088, within the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Dark Light?
Dark Light is offline at this count; we last saw it 11 days 23 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Dark Light mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Dark Light publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp120 (Max players): You can join up to 120 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167231 (Build): The game build is 167231; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Dark Light?
On Rust Population, Dark Light is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Dark Light?
Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 35 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Dark Light?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Dark Light's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 13 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does Dark Light run?
The map on Dark Light is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Dark Light?
Nothing in Dark Light's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Dark Light run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 on Windows is what Dark Light uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Dark Light online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Dark Light was last seen 11 days 23 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 8 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Dark Light located?
No region is published by Dark Light. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 157.228.152.22:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Dark Light?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.228.152.22:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.