Black Valley
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 71%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
157.85.87.237:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 1070 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
BLACK VALLEY — tactical realism server, no TP, no kits, no fantasy, lethal NPC squads, authentic loot, harsh survival, military atmosphere
Spec sheet
- Address
- 157.85.87.237:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 120
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 27 Sep 2026, 13:42 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What are Black Valley's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of Black Valley. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most difficult mode. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You find Oxide plugins in use. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Black Valley?
A procedural map of 5,000 with seed 1 is in use on Black Valley, made by the game. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed give an identical map. You see the map name as: Custom Map.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Black Valley?
The game's server browser reads the tags Black Valley publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp120 (Max players): 120 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs165217 (Build): Game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode from Facepunch: less help, tougher survival; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight players; the environment does the killing; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature Black Valley?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Black Valley: Top modded Rust servers and Best Rust PvE servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Hardcore ^h, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
What's the physical location of Black Valley?
No region is published by Black Valley. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 157.85.87.237:28015.
How often is Black Valley online?
Black Valley is down, with the last sighting 10 days 5 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 27 September 2026.
What Rust version is Black Valley using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux: that is Black Valley. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
When does Black Valley wipe?
With so few of Black Valley's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 10 days 10 hours.
Population
Where does Black Valley sit in the rankings?
Ranked #16,957 on seven-day player hours, Black Valley is in the top 71% overall.
Is Black Valley busy?
Down right now: Black Valley, last spotted 10 days 5 hours back.
How to join
How do you connect to Black Valley?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 157.85.87.237:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp120,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^h,^p,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.