Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 6%.
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
24.235.3.78:28015
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
Up 1535 places on last week. Top 6% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
DARK VOID | HARDCORE PVE --------------------------------------- * Beyond Vanilla: Experience a mysterious, custom-built world. * Lethal Presence: Custom NPCs defend all major locations. * No Safe Zones: Boss monsters roam the world. Nowhere is safe. * No Tech Tree: Blueprints must be found or traded. * Tiered Events: Raids, Dungeons, Convoys & more for top-tier loot. * Skill Tree: Level up to unlock powerful perks. * Many QoL Changes: Careful balance of convenience and difficulty. * Nature Shop: Instant access to deployable nature, furniture, and animals. * HARDCORE MODE ENABLED: No map. No safe zones. No weapon crafting. --------------------------------------- Don't just play Rust. Survive the Void. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY: discord.darkvoid.gg
Spec sheet
- Address
- 24.235.3.78:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 18:16 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.
Map and rules
What settings does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?
A procedural map of 4,096 is in use on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore, made by the game. The map is called Custom Map.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?
gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules, which are harsher; mp100 (Max players): 100 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs167058 (Build): Running build 167058; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The calendar is monthly: one wipe with the force wipe; ^p (PvE): PvE: other players are not the danger, the world is; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game are the tags Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
What Boongarust lists feature Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?
The Boongarust lists that take Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore are: 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: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
Is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore laggy?
Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 95, with a low of 44. At its peak, it held 102,488 entities, including buildings and deployables. It drew as much as 4,213 MB of memory. What players call lag is low fps plus a rising entity count.
What's the physical location of Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?
No region comes from Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 24.235.3.78:28015.
How reliable is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?
Right now Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is live. Its reported uptime points to a restart roughly 12 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 100%, 168 hours from 168. The first record Boongarust has is 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Linux: that is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
Wipe day at Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore: what's it like?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 20 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 35 hours after it.
How often does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe for Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. Its world is 6 days 6 hours old. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
What's Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore at #1,379, in the top 6% of all ranked servers.
Is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore busy?
Right now, 5 players are on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore, which has 100 slots. It averaged 7 players over the last seven days and peaked at 20. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 01:00 UTC, with an average of 12 players.
Join the server
How do you connect to Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 24.235.3.78:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect. Find it at https://discord.com/invite/mfqMSTTT7k.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^p,gmhardcore,cs167058,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.