The Dark Side
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 10m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 37% of all ranked servers, top 63% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTC FW26d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 21:28 UTC32d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 6 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 01:17 UTC34d ago | 1 | – | 1.8 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:25 UTC35d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 days | 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 The Dark Side rank against other Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put The Dark Side at #8,148, or #1,179 in North America, inside the top 37% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Dark Side?
Of its 25 slots, The Dark Side is using 0 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 12:00 UTC, when an average of 0 players were on.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Dark Side mean?
What the game's server browser reads from The Dark Side is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp25 (Max players): You can join up to 25 slots; 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): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $rus5 (Region code): You will find us5 as the region code; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. 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.
Who runs The Dark Side?
19 other servers we track publish the same joinmyga.me hostname as The Dark Side, so the same operator most likely runs the group.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Dark Side?
These Rust Population lists include The Dark Side: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on The Dark Side?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Side?
There is no next wipe to predict: The Dark Side wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 26 days 19 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does The Dark Side run?
The map on The Dark Side is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 1337. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Side?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Dark Side. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Carbon plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does The Dark Side run?
On Linux, The Dark Side runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does The Dark Side run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 60 server fps, with a low of 60. Entities peaked at 88,916, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 11,108 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is The Dark Side online, and how reliable is it?
You will find The Dark Side online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 days 5 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Dark Side located?
Under its NA tag, The Dark Side lists itself in North America; the region code it gives is us5. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 91.229.114.57:28015.
How to join
How do I join The Dark Side?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.