DarkAlive Server
Offline 82.208.126.128:28015 checked 2h 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 27% 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
Population
How does DarkAlive Server rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, DarkAlive Server places at #6,014, within the top 27% of ranked servers.
How busy is DarkAlive Server?
DarkAlive Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 2 hours ago. We counted an average of 1 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 14:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 2 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on DarkAlive Server mean?
These are the tags DarkAlive Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): 500 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 DarkAlive Server?
DarkAlive Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on DarkAlive Server?
The record holds too few of DarkAlive Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 9 days 2 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does DarkAlive Server run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on DarkAlive Server.
What are the rules and settings on DarkAlive Server?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: DarkAlive Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does DarkAlive Server run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what DarkAlive Server uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is DarkAlive Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, DarkAlive Server was last seen 2 hours ago. It was up 16% of the time over the last 7 full days, 27 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 19 October 2026.
Where is DarkAlive Server located?
A region is not published by DarkAlive Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 82.208.126.128:28015.
Getting in
How do I join DarkAlive Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 82.208.126.128:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.