A1291/ 325 players
Community#9,018
The Dark Carnival
Online 157.85.86.2:28015 checked 11m ago
players now0of 75 slots
7-day average0peak 1
rank#9,018top 40%
last wipe · restocked11d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock22d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 40% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
1wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:41 UTC FW11d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on The Dark Carnival?
Here are the tags The Dark Carnival lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp75 (Max players): 75 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634; cs167584 (Build): It runs on build 167584; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Dark Carnival in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature The Dark Carnival are: Community Rust servers in stock. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Rules & map
Which map is currently on The Dark Carnival?
The map on The Dark Carnival is procedural, size 4,500 with seed 1201455836, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on The Dark Carnival?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Dark Carnival. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser puts it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
What is the location of The Dark Carnival?
There is no region listed for The Dark Carnival. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 157.85.86.2:28015.
How reliable is The Dark Carnival, and is it online now?
You can grab The Dark Carnival: it is online as we speak. The uptime counter points to a restart about 13 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 13 September 2026.
How well does The Dark Carnival perform?
Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 109, with a low of 35. Up to 118,360 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. Memory use peaked at 4,221 MB. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.
Which Rust build is The Dark Carnival running?
The setup: The Dark Carnival on Linux, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Player count
Where does The Dark Carnival sit in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The Dark Carnival at #9,018, in the top 40% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on The Dark Carnival?
The Dark Carnival is carrying 0 players on 75 slots at the moment. The seven-day average stands at 0 players, peaking at 1. The last 48 hours peaked at 00:00 UTC, when it averaged 0 players.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does The Dark Carnival wipe?
Only the monthly force wipe applies at The Dark Carnival. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 11 days 22 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
What happens on The Dark Carnival on wipe day?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 0 hours after the wipe.
How to join
What is the way to join The Dark Carnival?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 157.85.86.2:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167584,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp75
Max players 75 player slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634.
cs167584
Build It runs on build 167584.
ptrak
Networking This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.
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.