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
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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Player Count
Where does TheDarkZone sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days, TheDarkZone ranks #15,954 in player hours, which is in the top 70% of ranked servers.
What is the player count on TheDarkZone?
The server TheDarkZone is currently offline; it was last seen 11 days 1 hours ago.
Tags and Filters
TheDarkZone tags: what do they indicate?
The game's server browser reads these tags from TheDarkZone: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp10 (Max players): Slot count is 10; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2633 to connect; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter gameplay. Current players, queue and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
Where does TheDarkZone appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include TheDarkZone are: Best 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.
Server Overview
TheDarkZone Rust version: which one?
On Linux, TheDarkZone runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. Steam updates your game automatically, but it needs to match the protocol to join.
How reliable is TheDarkZone and is it online?
Last seen 11 days 1 hours ago, TheDarkZone is currently offline. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. It was first seen by BestRustServers.xyz on 13 September 2026.
What is the location of TheDarkZone?
No region is published by TheDarkZone. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. You can reach it at 173.249.63.164:28015.
Settings & Map
What is the map on TheDarkZone?
A procedural map of size 4,000 and seed 378793338 is what TheDarkZone runs, generated by the game. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed produce an identical map.
What rules and configuration does TheDarkZone have?
The name TheDarkZone carries no gather multiplier. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The Modded section of the browser holds it: plugins or settings apply. Plugins in use: Oxide. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Information
TheDarkZone wipe schedule: what does it show?
The record holds too few wipes for TheDarkZone to show a rhythm. A force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, takes every Rust server with it. The world in play was made 39 days 11 hours.
Join Server
What is the process to join TheDarkZone?
To connect, type client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015 in the F1 console. Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and joins you.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Survival as standard in Rust.
mp10- Max players Slot count is 10.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2633- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2633 to connect.
cs163794- Build Build 163794.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter gameplay.
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.