Dark's Wasteland
12.157.79.73:28025 checked 30d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
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
Population
How busy is Dark's Wasteland?
At present Dark's Wasteland shows as offline; its last appearance was 30 days 12 hours ago.
How does Dark's Wasteland rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Dark's Wasteland ranks #13,952 worldwide and sits in the top – of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Dark's Wasteland?
The rhythm of Dark's Wasteland cannot yet be told: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. The map has been running for 34 days 14 hours.
Server
Is Dark's Wasteland online, and how reliable is it?
The server Dark's Wasteland is offline as of the latest check; last seen 30 days 12 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Dark's Wasteland run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows is what Dark's Wasteland runs. Steam updates your game, so the protocol matches when you join.
Where is Dark's Wasteland located?
There is no region published for Dark's Wasteland. When Is Wipe shows the location a server claims; it does not look up the machine's actual location. 12.157.79.73:28025 is its address.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include Dark's Wasteland? And filters?
Best modded Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that Dark's Wasteland fits. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Dark's Wasteland mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Dark's Wasteland publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is a vanilla survival server; mp10 (Max players): The server holds 10 players; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size applies: 8 maximum; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: to join, your game must match this version; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Map and rules
What rules does Dark's Wasteland enforce? And settings?
Dark's Wasteland's name makes no mention of a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the default. On this server, the mode is survival, standard survival: gathering, building, raiding. You can fight and raid other players. Listed as Modded, it uses plugins or settings that change the game. Oxide plugins are used. VAC is on.
Which map does Dark's Wasteland run?
A procedural map, made by the game, is used by Dark's Wasteland.
How to join
How do I join Dark's Wasteland?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 12.157.79.73:28025 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla- Game mode This is a vanilla survival server.
mp10- Max players The server holds 10 players.
ts8- Group limit Default team size applies: 8 maximum.
v2633- Protocol Protocol 2633: to join, your game must match this version.
cs163794- Build Build 163794.
ptrak- Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings.
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.