Off air · chart position #15,954
TheDarkZone
Offline 173.249.63.164:28015 checked 26d ago
Players
TheDarkZone
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 70% 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.
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Quick answers
Host and version
Is TheDarkZone online, and how reliable is it?
You will not get on TheDarkZone just now: it is offline, last seen 26 days ago. Of the past 7 full days it was running for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 13 September 2026.
Where is TheDarkZone located?
No region is published by TheDarkZone. Where a server says it is — that's what Rust Charts shows, without checking the machine's real location. 173.249.63.164:28015 is its address.
Which version of Rust does TheDarkZone run?
The build behind TheDarkZone is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794, hosted on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update.
Population
How busy is TheDarkZone?
Last seen 26 days ago, TheDarkZone is currently offline.
How does TheDarkZone rank against other Rust servers?
The top 70% of ranked servers includes TheDarkZone, at #15,954 on player hours for the last week.
Wipes and resets
What is the wipe schedule on TheDarkZone?
Too few wipes on record for TheDarkZone to show its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC brings the next monthly force wipe, which reaches every Rust server. 54 days 10 hours is how long ago its current world was made.
Settings and map
What are the rules and settings on TheDarkZone?
No gather rate appears in the name TheDarkZone. Up to 8 players per group, as the game sets by default. You play survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. Modded in the server browser is where it sits; plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs number Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does TheDarkZone run?
A procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 378793338, generated by the game, is what TheDarkZone runs. Since the same size and seed give the same map, this page links to it on RustMaps.
Tags explained
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include TheDarkZone?
The Rust Charts lists that carry TheDarkZone are: Modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on TheDarkZone mean?
The game's server browser sees these tags from TheDarkZone: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival rules apply; mp10 (Max players): The server holds 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 8, the default; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs163794 (Build): The game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Listed as modded because plugins or settings differ from the base game. At the top of this page you'll see the tags' extra details: players now, the queue, and the age of the world.
Join details
How do I join TheDarkZone?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.