An entry in the registerNo. 11,030
The Dark Carnival
Online 157.85.86.2:28015 checked 13m ago
The Dark Carnival is a Rust server. At the last count it had 0 players of a possible 75; over the past week it averaged 0, with a peak of 1. It stands at No. 11,030 of the ranked servers, the top 50%. It last wiped 25d ago, and the next wipe is expected on Thursday 5 November, with the force wipe.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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.
§ 3Standingthe rank, daily · 1 is best
Top 50% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
§ 4The wipe scheduleforce wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
players, last three wipes
| Date, UTC | Hence |
|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 FW | 8d 21h |
| Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 FW | 36d 21h |
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.
§ 5The record of wipesnewest first
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:41 UTC FW25d 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.
§ 6Similar serversthe same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
- 1 Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|667/750 EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 508 on average
- 2 Rustoria.co - EU Main50/250 EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 343 on average
- 3 Rusty Moose |EU Main|87/250 EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 339 on average
- 4 Rustoria.co - EU East Long370/450 EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 315 on average
- 5 Rustoria.co - EU East Medium179/250 EU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 280 on average
- 6 Rustafied.com - EU Friday162/250 EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 260 on average
§ 7Questions answeredfrom the figures in this entry
Server record
What Rust version is The Dark Carnival on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what The Dark Carnival runs. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is The Dark Carnival, and is it online now?
The Dark Carnival currently answers as online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 13 hours ago. In the last 7 full days it was up for 168 of 168 hours, 100% of the time. Its earliest entry at Rust Server Stats is dated 13 September 2026.
How does The Dark Carnival perform?
The records show an average of 123 server fps over 48 hours, never below 103. The entity count reached 119,619: buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Of note: memory use reached 5,013 MB. Lag, as players meet it, comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
What is the location of The Dark Carnival?
No region is published by The Dark Carnival. Where the machine stands is not looked up by Rust Server Stats; it shows where a server says it is. 157.85.86.2:28015 — that is the address.
Rules, settings, map
What map is in use on The Dark Carnival?
The Dark Carnival runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 4,500 with seed 1201455836. RustMaps can display it from this page, since equal size and seed yield the same map.
What does The Dark Carnival set down in the way of rules and settings?
Nothing in the name of The Dark Carnival gives a gather rate. Groups are capped at 8 players, the standard default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Player-versus-player fighting and raiding are enabled. It appears under Community in the server browser and is a community server. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is active.
Player record
How full does The Dark Carnival get?
At the latest count The Dark Carnival has 0 players, with 75 slots in total. Over seven days the mean is 0 players, with a peak of 1. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 09:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
Against other Rust servers, how is The Dark Carnival ranked?
The seven-day player-hour table places The Dark Carnival at #11,030, within the top 50% of ranked servers.
Tags, lists
Where does The Dark Carnival appear among the Rust Server Stats lists and filters?
These are the Rust Server Stats lists that include The Dark Carnival: Best Rust community servers. On the server list it comes up under these filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which meanings attach to the tags on The Dark Carnival?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Dark Carnival publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game; mp75 (Max players): 75 is the number of slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, which is the default; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: joining needs the same game version; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer: RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is not set. The tags include current players, queue and the time the world was made; the top of this page shows them.
The wipes
What happens on The Dark Carnival when wipe day arrives?
Averaged over recent wipes, the crowd reached 1 at its busiest. 0 hours into the latest wipe the crowd reached its peak.
When does The Dark Carnival wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe for The Dark Carnival, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe, the force wipe that takes every Rust server. The present world dates from 25 days 21 hours.
How to join
How does one connect to The Dark Carnival?
Join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you, or open the console with F1 and enter client.connect 157.85.86.2:28015.