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Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore

Online 24.235.3.78:28015 checked 8m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidepvehardcore

Measurements

Players now
3/ 100
= 1 player
3% full
7-day average
2
peak 7
Rank
#2,342
top 11%
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246801:0010:0021:0006:0014:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020001:0010:0021:0006:0014:0023:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
11k2k3k4k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 11% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

20
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 18h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 18h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

05101520+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 20, 35 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:16 UTC FW26d ago 20 – running 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #2,342 for player hours, which puts Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore in the top 11% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Of its 100 slots, Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is using 3 right now. We counted an average of 2 players in the past week, with 7 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 03:00 UTC, when an average of 5 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is this set of tags: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 20 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 35 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

The force wipe is the only wipe Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore 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. 26 days 6 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore run?

Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,096. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Nothing in Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get hardcore here, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore run smoothly?

It ran at 106 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 65. Up to 113,397 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,769 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 12 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 141 of 168 hours were online, or 84%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore located?

No region is published by Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 24.235.3.78:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Either enter client.connect 24.235.3.78:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/mfqMSTTT7k.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set.
mp100
Max players 100 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.