Nightshade Dev
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
91.229.114.221:28031
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 3251 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 91.229.114.221:28031
- Region
- NA · us5
- Max players
- 8
- Group limit
- quad
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 24 Sep 2026, 16:47 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 24 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 settings does Nightshade Dev use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Nightshade Dev. You can have up to 4 players in a group (quad). softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's less punishing mode, keeping some of your loot. You can fight and raid other players. Modded in the browser is where it appears: plugins or settings change how the game plays. You find Carbon plugins in use. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Nightshade Dev?
Nightshade Dev uses a procedural map of 4,000 that the game generates with seed 432338258. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed give an identical map.
Server tags
What are the tags on Nightshade Dev for?
These tags come from Nightshade Dev and go straight into the game's server browser: gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier set of rules: softcore; mp8 (Max players): 8 players fit in; ts4 (Group limit): No more than 4 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $rus5 (Region code): Its region code is us5; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon handles the plugins here; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America. 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 Nightshade Dev?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Nightshade Dev: Top modded Rust servers and North America Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
What's the physical location of Nightshade Dev?
By its NA tag, Nightshade Dev sits in North America. Region code: us5. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 91.229.114.221:28031.
What's the uptime like on Nightshade Dev?
Nightshade Dev is down, with the last sighting 13 days 20 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. 24 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Nightshade Dev using?
On Linux, Nightshade Dev runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
How often does Nightshade Dev wipe?
Nightshade Dev's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 13 days 22 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does Nightshade Dev sit in the rankings?
Ranked #15,871 on the week's player hours, Nightshade Dev sits in the top 71% overall and #1,615 in North America. In the quad group, it sits at #629.
What's the player count on Nightshade Dev?
Offline. Nightshade Dev was last seen 13 days 20 hours ago.
How to join
How can you get into Nightshade Dev?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 91.229.114.221:28031. 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 mp8,ptrak,$rus5,v2633,NA,gmsoftcore,cs165217,ts4,^z,^y.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.