The Dark Side
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 2m 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, top 81% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 Nov, 02:48 UTC4d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW7d ago | – | – | – | – |
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTC FW42d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 38.3 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 21:28 UTC48d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 6 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 01:17 UTC50d ago | 1 | – | 1.8 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:25 UTC50d 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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
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What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Side?
The Dark Side wipes at irregular times, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every Rust server wipes at the monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 3 December at 19:00 UTC. Its current world was made 4 days 4 hours ago.
What does wipe day look like on The Dark Side?
Its recent wipes drew 1 players at their busiest, on average. On the latest wipe the crowd peaked 0 hours after the wipe. In 0% of its recent wipes the crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe. When it didn't, it fell below half by day 1.5.
Players
How busy is The Dark Side?
Right now The Dark Side has 0 players on 25 slots. Over the last seven days it averaged 0 players.
How does The Dark Side rank against other Rust servers?
The Dark Side is #15,621 on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 70% of all ranked servers and #1,500 in North America.
Rules and map
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Side?
The Dark Side gives no gather rate in its name. Groups can have up to 8 players, the game's default. Its game mode is survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players can fight and raid each other. It is listed under Modded in the server browser: plugins or settings change the game. It runs Carbon plugins. Valve's anti-cheat, VAC, is on.
Which map does The Dark Side run?
The Dark Side runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 4,000 with seed 1337. The same size and seed give the same map, so it can be looked at on RustMaps from this page. Its map name reads: Custom Map.
Tags and lists
What do the server tags on The Dark Side mean?
The Dark Side publishes these tags, which the game's server browser reads: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival; mp25 (Max players): 25 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team, the game default; v2636 (Protocol): Game protocol 2636: your game has to be on the same version to join; cs170545 (Build): Game build 170545; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the game's standard network layer; $rus5 (Region code): The server's region code, us5; ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded: plugins or settings change the game; ^y (Carbon): Runs Carbon, a plugin framework; NA (North America): Listed under North America in the server browser. Its players now, its queue and the time its world was made are in the tags too, and are shown at the top of this page.
Which Zongarust lists and filters include The Dark Side?
The Dark Side fits these Zongarust lists: Best modded Rust servers and Best US Rust servers. On the server list it comes up under these filters: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Who runs The Dark Side?
The Dark Side publishes a joinmyga.me hostname, and so do 18 other servers we track, so they are most likely run by the same operator.
The server
Where is The Dark Side located?
The Dark Side lists itself in North America with its NA tag, and its region code is us5. Zongarust shows where a server says it is; it does not look up where the machine stands. Its address is 91.229.114.57:28015.
Is The Dark Side online, and how reliable is it?
The Dark Side is online right now. It last restarted about 4 days 2 hours ago, going by the uptime it reports. Over the last 7 full days it was up 100% of the time, 168 of 168 hours. Zongarust first saw it on 13 September 2026.
Does The Dark Side run smoothly?
Over the last 48 hours it ran at 60 server fps on average, never below 60. It carried up to 74,000 entities: buildings, deployables and everything else in the world. It used up to 4,535 MB of memory. Low fps and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag.
Which version of Rust does The Dark Side run?
The Dark Side runs Rust network protocol 2636 and build 170545 on Linux. Your game has to be on the same protocol to join; Steam updates it for you.
Joining
How do I join The Dark Side?
Start Rust, press F1 to open the console and enter client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015. Or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.