The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 8,146Acc. 2026.8146
The Dark Side
Rust server, NA (us5) · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online NA · us5 91.229.114.57:28015 checked 9m 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 23 Sep14:25 24 Sep01:17 25 Sep21:28 1 Oct20:45 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 03:15 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202620:45 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 0
-
Fri 25 Sep 202621:28 UTC33d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- halved by day 1
- Lasted
- 6 days
- Players before
- 1
-
Thu 24 Sep 202601:17 UTC35d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 1.8 days
- Players before
- 0
-
Wed 23 Sep 202614:25 UTC35d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 0.5 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 1, 1 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 37% of all ranked servers, top 63% in NA. 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, lists
Who runs The Dark Side?
A joinmyga.me hostname is published by The Dark Side and by 18 other servers we track, which points to the same operator.
What do the server tags on The Dark Side mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by The Dark Side: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp25 (Max players): 25 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $rus5 (Region code): us5 is the server's region code; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, runs on this server; NA (North America): North America is the region the server browser files it under. 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 Side?
These Rust Server History lists include The Dark Side: Modded Rust servers: the record and North America Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server entry
Does The Dark Side run smoothly?
60 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, never below 60. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 88,916 entities. Up to 12,240 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does The Dark Side run?
On Linux, The Dark Side runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is The Dark Side online, and how reliable is it?
The Dark Side is listed as online now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 20 minutes 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 Side located?
A NA tag and a region code of us5 place The Dark Side in North America on the listing. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 91.229.114.57:28015.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on The Dark Side?
1 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. 1 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 1 the crowd fell to below half when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The Dark Side?
No next wipe can be predicted: The Dark Side wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. Made 27 days 6 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now.
Population
How does The Dark Side rank against other Rust servers?
The Dark Side takes #1,176 in North America on seven-day player hours, with #8,146 overall and a place in the top 37% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Dark Side?
0 players are on The Dark Side at present, from 25 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players is recorded, with a peak of 1. An average of 0 players at 12:00 UTC made that the busiest hour of the last 48.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on The Dark Side?
The name of The Dark Side carries no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit matches the game's default. Under game mode, the entry reads survival, gathering, building and raiding: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are permitted. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. Plugins in use: Carbon. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does The Dark Side run?
Seed 1337, size 4,000: such is the procedural map The Dark Side runs, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map. The name of the map reads: Custom Map.
Join record
How do I join The Dark Side?
Enter client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp25,ptrak,$rus5,v2635,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp25
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$rus5
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
NA
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.