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Celebrity profile

DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10

Online 94.204.252.158:28015 checked 9m ago

2x weekly wipes moddedoxide
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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 200 slots 0% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,335top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe5hThu 29 Oct, 15:06 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0015:0019:0023:0003:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040010:0015:0019:0023:0003:0008:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 15:06 UTC, in 5h. Every Thursday at 15:06 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

Coming wipes

5hThu 29 Oct, 15:06 UTC
7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 5hThu 12 Nov, 15:06 UTC
21d 5hThu 19 Nov, 15:06 UTC
28d 5hThu 26 Nov, 15:06 UTC
35d 9hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 5hThu 10 Dec, 15:06 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 15:06 UTC6d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 15 Oct, 15:06 UTC13d ago 1 halved by day 3 7 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 15:07 UTC20d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 15:06 UTC27d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 15:06 UTC34d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 15:06 UTC41d ago 0 – 7 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10?

You'll find DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 2x Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Middle East; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 2x.

What do the server tags on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 mean?

These are the tags DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp200 (Max players): Slots: 200; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; WA (West Asia): In the server browser it sits under West Asia. 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 DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 at #15,335, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 right now?

0 players are on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 at the moment, out of 200 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

Server details

Is DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 online, and how reliable is it?

DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 1 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 60, a 36% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 206, with 35 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 64,249: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,382 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 located?

No region tag comes from DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10, but its name points to the Middle East. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 94.204.252.158:28015.

Which Rust version is DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 on?

On Windows, DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What happens on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 3.

What is the wipe schedule on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10?

Wipes on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 follow a every Thursday at 15:06 UTC pattern. Come Thursday 29 October at 15:06 UTC, the next wipe is expected. 6 days 18 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.

The rules

Which map does DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 run?

A procedural map of 3,400 with seed 28671 is what DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10 runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10?

Gather comes at 2x on DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10, according to its name. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join DesertBlack | UAE\Dubai | x2 | Weekly | 22.10?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 94.204.252.158:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/EGNykFTvxh.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,WA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp200
Max players Slots: 200.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly It wipes weekly.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

WA
West Asia In the server browser it sits under West Asia.

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.