Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore, reached at 24.235.3.78:28015. At the last check it held 4 of 100 places, against a seven-day mean of 2 and a peak of 7¹. It ranks #2,330 of all servers, the top 10%. It last wiped 26d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsmonthly wipes modded oxide pve hardcore

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	4/100	4% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	2	peak 7, 48 h peak 6
Rank²	#2,330	top 10%
Last wipe	26d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	8d 15h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak

Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory⁴. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

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Figure 2: 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, measured since 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 10% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 15h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	20	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	8d 15h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	36d 15h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 20, 35 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:16fw26d ago	20	–	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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Custom map, no picture published

Figure 5: The map: Custom Map, size 4096, seed 0.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

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
Map	Custom Map
Size	4096
Seed	–

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are modded Rust population table [2], live pve population [3] and upcoming Rust wipes [4].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
Krizalium \| PvE Hardcore \| No Map \| Loot Scarcity \| AIgroups of 16+ · monthly · 9 on average	2/51
[RU] GoPVE / Hardcore / NPC / AI / RaidEU · no group limit · monthly · 7 on average	0/96
OUTSIDE \| Hardcore Survival PvE \| NPCs / Quests / Progressiongroups of 8+ · monthly · 4 on average	3/50
\|PVE\|S.T.A.L.K.E.R\|x1-x10\|XPerience\|Hardcoreno group limit · 1x · monthly · 2 on average	1/200
Terc's Ultra Hardcore PvE Paradise \| Enjoy the agony!NA · no group limit · monthly · 2 on average	1/100
[US] RustEZ Scourge PvE \| Zombies \| No Raiding \| No KillingNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 51 on average	45/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore perform well?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 105, with a minimum of 65. The highest number of entities it carried was 113,397, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. Its highest memory usage was 3,769 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2In which location is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore based?

There is no region published for Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 24.235.3.78:28015.

A.3How reliable is Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore, and is it currently online?

At the present moment, Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 15 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 165 were served, an availability of 98%. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 13 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

The version of Rust on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, and the operating system is Linux. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.5What schedule does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore follow for wipes?

The only wipe for Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The current world has been running for 26 days 9 hours. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6How would you describe wipe day on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 20 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 35 hours after it began.

Player count

A.7How does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore holds #2,330, in the top 10% of all ranked servers.

A.8What is the population level of Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

At this moment 4 players are on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore, which has 100 slots in total. Over the last week the count averages 2 players and reaches 7 at its height. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 03:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Tags and filters

A.9What do the tags associated with Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore signify?

The game's server browser reads gmhardcore (Game mode): The ruleset is hardcore: a harsher game; mp100 (Max players): It offers 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^p (PvE): Player fighting is off; danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded, which Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore publishes as its tags. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore fits are: Modded Rust servers and Rust PvE servers: live list. You will find it on the server list filtered 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.

Settings and map

A.11Under what rules and settings does Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. hardcore is the game mode here; Of Facepunch's modes, the hardest. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.12What is the map for Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

At 4,096, the procedural map on Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore is generated by the game. The map is named Custom Map.

How to join

A.13How do you connect to Dark Void | Custom PvE | NPCs + Events | Hardcore?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 24.235.3.78:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. Its website can be found at https://discord.com/invite/mfqMSTTT7k.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts8,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmhardcore`	Game mode. The ruleset is hardcore: a harsher game.
`mp100`	Max players. It offers 100 slots.
`ts8`	Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
`v2635`	Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
`cs168909`	Build. The game build is 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
`$r?`	Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Gameplay
`^p`	PvE. Player fighting is off; danger comes from the world.
Mods and access
`^o`	Oxide. Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server.
`^z`	Modded. The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded.

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.

Appendix CAbout this server, 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

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. Modded Rust population table. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Live pve population. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-pve-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.