Dark Continent
Online 157.85.88.206:25426 checked 14m 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 19 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 56% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 9d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct, 03:50 UTC7d ago | 1 | – | running | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Dark Continent rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Dark Continent at #12,292, within the top 56% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Dark Continent?
Of its 40 slots, Dark Continent is using 0 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Dark Continent mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Dark Continent publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Dark Continent?
These Rust Population lists include Dark Continent: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Dark Continent?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Dark Continent?
The force wipe is the only wipe Dark Continent takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 7 days 13 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does Dark Continent run?
A procedural map of size 2,000 from seed 50000, generated by the game, is in use on Dark Continent. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Dark Continent?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Dark Continent states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Dark Continent run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what Dark Continent uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Dark Continent run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 240 server fps, with a low of 239. The entity count reached 17,318: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 2,953 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is Dark Continent online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Dark Continent online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 29 hours ago. It was up 79% of the time over the last 7 full days, 132 out of 168 hours. On 19 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Dark Continent located?
A region is not published by Dark Continent. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 157.85.88.206:25426.
How to join
How do I join Dark Continent?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.85.88.206:25426. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://www.facebook.com/NEKOPH.