TheDarkZone
173.249.63.164:28015 checked 11d ago
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 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
newest first| 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
Rules and settings
Which settings and rules apply on TheDarkZone?
You will not find a gather rate in the name TheDarkZone. That is the game's default: groups of up to 8 players. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
What is the map on TheDarkZone?
A procedural map, size 4,000 with seed 378793338, generated by the game, is what TheDarkZone runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
Player count
How many players are on TheDarkZone?
At present, TheDarkZone is offline and its last appearance was 11 days 4 hours ago.
What position does TheDarkZone hold in the server rankings?
For player hours over the last week, TheDarkZone is #15,954, which puts it in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Lists and tags
What is the meaning of the tags on TheDarkZone?
For the game's server browser, TheDarkZone publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp10 (Max players): Capacity: 10; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8—the default setting for Rust; v2633 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2633 on your game to join; cs163794 (Build): It runs build 163794; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The Modded listing means plugins or settings have changed the game. At the top of this page you see its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, which are in the tags too.
Where does TheDarkZone appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include TheDarkZone are Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
Is TheDarkZone currently online and stable?
TheDarkZone is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 11 days 4 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, uptime was 0%: 0 hours up out of 168. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build does TheDarkZone use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 is what TheDarkZone runs, on Linux. You can only join if your game uses the same protocol, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the location of TheDarkZone?
There is no region published by TheDarkZone. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. Connect to it at 173.249.63.164:28015.
Wipe days
When does TheDarkZone wipe?
So few of TheDarkZone's wipes are recorded that its rhythm cannot be told yet. Come Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe arrives for every Rust server. 39 days 14 hours ago is when its present world was created.
Join the server
What steps do I take to join TheDarkZone?
Enter client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015 in the F1 console. Another way: use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2633
cs163794
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.