desolate light
Offline 69.164.253.186:25863 checked 22d ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:06 UTC26d ago | 0 | – | running | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include desolate light?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include desolate light: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on desolate light mean?
These are the tags desolate light publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp42 (Max players): It has 42 slots; ts6 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 6; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does desolate light rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place desolate light at #15,922, in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on desolate light right now?
desolate light went quiet 22 days 4 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is desolate light online, and how reliable is it?
The server desolate light is not online now; 22 days 4 hours have passed since it was last seen. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Where is desolate light located?
There is no region from desolate light. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 69.164.253.186:25863.
Which Rust version is desolate light on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version desolate light runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on desolate light when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on desolate light?
desolate light's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 26 days 18 hours.
The rules
Which map does desolate light run?
Generated by the game with seed 1956985678, the map on desolate light is procedural and 4,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on desolate light?
No gather rate appears in the name of desolate light. A group holds at most 6 players. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join desolate light?
Enter client.connect 69.164.253.186:25863 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.