43,295 players on Rust servers right now11,622 servers online2,981 with players on139 fresh wipes in the last three hoursdesolate light: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes43,295 players on Rust servers right now11,622 servers online2,981 with players on139 fresh wipes in the last three hoursdesolate light: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes
newest first · every post is a reading of this server
22d ago
The count
Last seen: 0 of 42 players
0/ 42players now0% full
07-day averagepeak –
#15,922ranktop 72%
26d agolast wipeno schedule published
–next wipetoo few wipes seen yet
Now
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Players on desolate light
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
No hourly history yet.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
48h
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How the server is running
Server performance
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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.
Daily
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Rank #15,922 today
Rank
daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Next
Coming up · wipe schedule
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yet
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
0wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
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
newest first
26d ago
The current map
Wipe peaks at 0 players
Saturday 3 October 2026, 10:06 UTC
Peak
0
Crowd
–
Lasted
running
Players before
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
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
QWhen does desolate light wipe?
The record holds too few of desolate light's wipes to reveal its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, and no Rust server is spared it. 26 days 20 hours have passed since this world was generated.
Tags and categories
QWhich Rust Live Stats filters and lists does desolate light show up in?
These are the Rust Live Stats lists desolate light fits: Modded Rust servers live now. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
QHow should you read the tags on desolate light?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival, in the Rust style; mp42 (Max players): The slot count is 42; ts6 (Group limit): Team cap: 6; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 on your game to get in; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set here; ^o (Oxide): It runs the plugin framework Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings changes put this under Modded: that is the tag list desolate light publishes for the game's server browser. Players now, queue length and world creation time are carried in the tags too, and appear at the top of this page.
Player numbers
QWhat is the current population on desolate light?
desolate light reads offline at the moment; the last sighting was 22 days 6 hours ago.
QHow does desolate light compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put desolate light at #15,922, in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Map and rules
QWhat settings and rules does desolate light run?
The name desolate light carries no gather rate. The cap on a group is 6 players. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Raiding and player combat are both permitted. Modded is its browser category, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is enabled.
QWhich map is live on desolate light?
desolate light runs a game-generated procedural map: size 4,500, seed 1956985678. RustMaps shows it from this page, since equal size and seed give an equal map.
Server facts
QWhere does desolate light sit geographically?
Nothing on desolate light states a region. The location shown on Rust Live Stats is the one a server gives, not a lookup of the machine's position. You can reach it at 69.164.253.186:25863.
QWhat version of Rust is running on desolate light?
desolate light operates on Linux with Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
QHow reliable is desolate light, and is it online at the moment?
As of now, desolate light is offline; the last sighting was 22 days 6 hours ago. It was online for 0 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. On 13 September 2026, Rust Live Stats saw it for the first time.
Getting on
QWhat steps connect you to desolate light?
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 69.164.253.186:25863.
Server tags
what each one means
Published asmp42,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts6,^o^z
Game
gmrust
Game modeStandard survival, in the Rust style.
mp42
Max playersThe slot count is 42.
ts6
Group limitTeam cap: 6.
v2634
ProtocolYou need protocol 2634 on your game to get in.
cs166652
BuildThe game build is 166652.
ptrak
NetworkingRakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one.
$r?
Region codeNo region code is set here.
Mods and access
^o
OxideIt runs the plugin framework Oxide (uMod).
^z
ModdedPlugins or settings changes put this under 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.