The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 6,404Acc. 2026.6404
The Dark Force
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 168.100.161.129:28039 checked 10m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 16 Sep23:36 24 Sep18:41 3 Oct09:37 25 Oct04:35
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 03:45 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Sun 25 Oct 202604:35 UTC3d ago
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 1
-
Sat 3 Oct 202609:37 UTC25d ago
- Peak
- 3
- Crowd
- halved by day 3
- Lasted
- 21.8 days
- Players before
- 0
-
Thu 24 Sep 202618:41 UTC34d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 8.6 days
- Players before
- 0
-
Wed 16 Sep 202623:36 UTC42d ago
- Peak
- 0
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 7.8 days
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keeps
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 2, 3 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 29% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags and filters
What do the server tags on The Dark Force mean?
These tags from The Dark Force, read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp80 (Max players): 80 slots are set on this server; ts0 (Group limit): The server has teams switched off; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is installed here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded. At the top of this page you also see the current players, the queue and when the world was made, all from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include The Dark Force?
The Rust Server History lists that feature The Dark Force are: Modded Rust servers: the record. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server record
Does The Dark Force run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 11 server fps, with 5 the lowest. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 203,327 entities. Memory use peaked at 5,467 MB. Players feel lag when fps drop and the entity count climbs.
Which version of Rust does The Dark Force run?
On Linux, The Dark Force runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is The Dark Force online, and how reliable is it?
The Dark Force is listed as online now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 3 days 21 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were up: 99% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Dark Force located?
No region is published by The Dark Force. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. Its entry gives 168.100.161.129:28039 as the address.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on The Dark Force?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 2 players. At 3 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The fall below half came by day 2.5 in those wipes where it didn't hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Force?
There is no next wipe to predict on The Dark Force, which wipes at irregular times. The monthly force wipe comes next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and every Rust server wipes then. 3 days 23 hours ago its current world was made.
Player counts
How does The Dark Force rank against other Rust servers?
Over seven days of player hours, The Dark Force ranks #6,404, inside the top 29% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Dark Force?
Against 80 slots, The Dark Force records 0 players right now. A seven-day average of 0 players is recorded, with a peak of 2. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 16:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Force?
You will not find a gather rate in the name of The Dark Force. The entry carries no group limit. Recorded as survival, with this note: gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does The Dark Force run?
A procedural map of size 6,000 with seed 825822194 is what The Dark Force runs, generated by the game. One size and seed produce one map, which RustMaps can show you from this page.
How to join
How do I join The Dark Force?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 168.100.161.129:28039 to connect. Launch Rust from this page instead and you join through Steam with the connect already made.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp80,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts0,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp80
ts0
v2635
cs168909
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.