The Dark Side

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Dark Side, reached at 91.229.114.57:28015 and hosted in NA (us5). At the last check it held 0 of 25 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 1¹. It ranks #8,141 of all servers, the top 37%, and #1178 in NA. It last wiped 27d ago.

Keywordsmodded carbon

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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	0/25	0% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	0	peak 1, 48 h peak 1
Rank²	#8,141	top 37%; #1178 in NA
Last wipe	27d ago	no schedule published
Next wipe³	–	no rhythm it keeps

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 37% of all ranked servers, the top 63% in NA. 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: no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

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

Measure	Value	Note
Usual gap	1.8 days	between real wipes
On rhythm	33%	of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak	1	players, last three wipes
Crowd held	0%	else halves by day 1

Thu 1 OctFri 25 SepThu 24 Sep

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 1 Oct, 20:45fw27d ago	1	–	running	0
Fri 25 Sep, 21:2833d ago	1	halved by day 1	6 d	1
Thu 24 Sep, 01:1735d ago	1	–	1.8 d	0
Wed 23 Sep, 14:2535d ago	1	–	0.5 d	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. 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

Map of The Dark Side — Figure 5: The map: Custom Map, size 4000, seed 1337.

Table 4: The server's published settings.

Address	`91.229.114.57:28015`
Region	NA · us5
Max players	25
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	–
Last wipe	1 Oct 2026, 21:03 UTC
Hostname	darkside.joinmyga.me
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Custom Map
Size	4000
Seed	1337

7Operator

19 servers publish a joinmyga.me hostname; the busiest are listed.

Table 5: Other servers of the same operator, joinmyga.me.

Server	Status	Players
PLUKN - US Monument/Oil Rig \| Practice, Aimtrain, PVP	online	4/10
[EU] Rising World of Rust / Event / Skill Tree / Heli Tower / C	online	0/100
[PL] Polska Łajba Starego \| PvE+PvP \| Events \| Zombies \| Skill	online	0/100
COMBANI RUST \| 2X \| NA	online	0/50
BunnieBee's	online	0/100
Friends U Can Keep	online	0/100
GoodRust.gg \| Main 2x \| Noob Friendly \| Quad \| WIPED 10/23	online	0/50
AFTERSHIFT \| 2X Solo/Duo/Trio \| Weekly	online	0/75

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North American Rust servers [2], modded servers by player count [3] and upcoming Rust wipes [4].

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

Server	Players
Friendly Seattle: No KOS \| Chill \| Noob FriendlyNA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 41 on average	45/100
[US] Enardo - Random Farming - Small One Grid \| OneGridNA · groups of 8+ · 29 on average	33/50
[NA] Willjum's Solo Only \| Thursday WipesNA · groups of 8+ · weekly · 27 on average	9/100
Rust Degens - US Vanilla \| FridaysNA · groups of 8+ · weekly · 15 on average	0/150
[NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo MonthlyNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 15 on average	13/175
Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvPNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average	8/90

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of The Dark Side smooth?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 60 server fps, with a low of 60. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 88,916 entities. Its highest memory usage was 12,240 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2What is the location of The Dark Side?

Region code us5 accompanies the NA tag by which The Dark Side lists itself in North America. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 91.229.114.57:28015.

A.3How reliable is The Dark Side, and is it currently online?

At the present moment, The Dark Side is online. It last restarted around 2 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 99%, with 167 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on The Dark Side?

The Dark Side is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

A.5When are wipes carried out on The Dark Side?

Prediction of the next wipe is impossible for The Dark Side, which wipes irregularly. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. The current world has been running for 27 days 8 hours.

A.6What happens on The Dark Side when wipe day arrives?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 1 hours after it began. For 0% of recent wipes, the population did not fall below half the peak before the next wipe. Otherwise, a fall below half took place by day 1.

Player count

A.7What is the rank of The Dark Side among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives The Dark Side #8,141, in the top 37% of ranked servers and #1,178 in North America.

A.8What is the population level of The Dark Side?

At this moment 0 players are on The Dark Side, which has 25 slots in total. The peak over seven days is 1, against an average of 0. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 12:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.

Tags, lists

A.9Who operates The Dark Side?

A joinmyga.me hostname is published by The Dark Side; 18 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10What do the tags associated with The Dark Side signify?

gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp25 (Max players): It offers 25 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $rus5 (Region code): The code us5 identifies the server's region; ^z (Modded): The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework is Carbon; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed under North America: these are the tags The Dark Side publishes, and the server browser reads them. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.11Where can The Dark Side be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Modded Rust servers and North American server statistics are the Rust Statistics lists that The Dark Side fits. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules, settings, map

A.12Under what rules and settings does The Dark Side operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of The Dark Side. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. survival is the game mode here; the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Players may raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings change the game; the browser files it under Modded. Plugins number Carbon on this server. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13What map is in use on The Dark Side?

Size 4,000 and seed 1337 define the procedural, game-generated map on The Dark Side. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page. The map is named Custom Map.

How to join

A.14What steps are required to join The Dark Side?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 91.229.114.57:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp25,ptrak,$rus5,v2635,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y.

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

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
`mp25`	Max players. It offers 25 slots.
`ts8`	Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
`v2635`	Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
`cs168909`	Build. The game build is 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
`$rus5`	Region code. The code us5 identifies the server's region.
Mods and access
`^z`	Modded. The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded.
`^y`	Carbon. The plugin framework is Carbon.
Region
`NA`	North America. In the server browser it is filed under North America.

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.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. North American Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Modded servers by player count. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.