TheDarkZone
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 68%.
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
173.249.63.164:28015
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 2807 places on last week. Top 68% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 173.249.63.164:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 4 Sep 2026, 16:18 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are TheDarkZone's rules and configuration?
The name of TheDarkZone does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. 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 TheDarkZone?
A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 378793338 is in use on TheDarkZone, made by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on TheDarkZone?
These tags come from TheDarkZone and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp10 (Max players): 10 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs163794 (Build): Game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does TheDarkZone appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find TheDarkZone: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
Where can you find TheDarkZone?
No region is published by TheDarkZone. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 173.249.63.164:28015.
How often is TheDarkZone online?
TheDarkZone is down, with the last sighting 5 days 5 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 30% uptime, with 50 hours up out of 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build does TheDarkZone have?
On Linux, TheDarkZone runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
When does TheDarkZone wipe?
The record holds too few of TheDarkZone's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 33 days 15 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
What's TheDarkZone's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put TheDarkZone at #16,187, in the top 68% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on TheDarkZone?
TheDarkZone last showed life 5 days 5 hours ago; it is offline now. The average over the last seven days was 0 players, with a peak of 1.
Join the server
What's the process to join TheDarkZone?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 173.249.63.164:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.