A158/ 300 players
Modded#7,845
The Dark Force
Online 168.100.161.129:28039 checked 9m ago
teams off
moddedoxide
players now0of 80 slots
7-day average0peak 1
rank#7,845top 35%
last wipe · restocked10d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no rhythm it keeps
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 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
8.2 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
100%on rhythmof its recent wipes
1wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
0%crowd heldelse halves by day 2
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Sat 3 OctThu 24 SepWed 16 Sep
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 32 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 09:37 UTC10d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 18:41 UTC19d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 8.6 days | 0 |
| Wed 16 Sep, 23:36 UTC27d ago | 0 | – | 7.8 days | 0 |
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.
Also on the shelf
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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A392/ 100 players
B118/ 1000 players
B210/ 1000 players
B316/ 700 players
On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Can you explain the tags on The Dark Force?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp80 (Max players): 80 player slots; ts0 (Group limit): You can't form teams; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference is what The Dark Force tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
Where does The Dark Force appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Dark Force: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Settings and rules
Which map is currently on The Dark Force?
The Dark Force runs a procedural map of size 6,000 with seed 825822194, 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 Force?
The name of The Dark Force gives no gather rate. No group limit is published. You play survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server details
Where can you find The Dark Force?
There is no region listed for The Dark Force. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. Find it at this address: 168.100.161.129:28039.
How stable is The Dark Force, and is it currently online?
Open for trade right now: The Dark Force is online. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 10 days 19 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 168 of 168 hours (100%). The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 13 September 2026.
Is The Dark Force lag-free?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 5 and never dropped below 5. At its peak it held 201,259 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. At most it drew 6,339 MB of memory. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
Which Rust build is The Dark Force running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux is what powers The Dark Force. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
What is The Dark Force's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Dark Force at #7,845, in the top 35% of all ranked servers.
Is The Dark Force busy at the moment?
Right now 80 slots in The Dark Force hold 0 players. The seven-day average is 0, and the busiest point reached 1.
Wipe info
How often does The Dark Force wipe?
No next wipe can be predicted for The Dark Force, which wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. 10 days 21 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
What happens on The Dark Force on wipe day?
An average of 1 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 32 hours after the wipe. Half the peak was kept until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 2 in the wipes that did not hold.
How to join
What steps do you take to join The Dark Force?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 168.100.161.129:28039. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp80,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts0,^o^z
Game
gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, the standard way.
mp80
Max players 80 player slots.
ts0
Group limit You can't form teams.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs166652
Build Build 166652.
ptrak
Networking The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used.
$r?
Region code Region code not set.
Mods and access
^o
Oxide It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference.
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.