Black Valley
Offline 157.85.87.237:28015 checked 30d 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, measured since 27 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% 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
| 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Black Valley rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #16,957 for player hours, which puts Black Valley in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Black Valley?
We have no live count for Black Valley right now. It was last seen 30 days 1 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Black Valley mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Black Valley is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp120 (Max players): The server has 120 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and harsher survival: Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Black Valley?
On Rust Population, Black Valley is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Hardcore ^h, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Black Valley?
The record holds too few of Black Valley's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 30 days 7 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Black Valley run?
Black Valley uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 5,000 with seed 1. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Black Valley?
No gather rate appears in the name of Black Valley. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. hardcore is what it runs, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Black Valley run?
On Linux, Black Valley runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Black Valley online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Black Valley was last seen 30 days 1 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 27 September 2026.
Where is Black Valley located?
A region is not published by Black Valley. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 157.85.87.237:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Black Valley?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 157.85.87.237:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.