Server profile
desolate light
Offline, with 0 of 42 players on; ranked #15,922 of every public Rust server, the top 72%. It last wiped 26d ago.
Offline 69.164.253.186:25863 checked 21d ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:06 UTC26d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
Note: 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 short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe schedule
On desolate light, what happens on wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
On what schedule does desolate light wipe?
Its rhythm cannot be read yet: desolate light has too few wipes on record. A force wipe falls on every Rust server once a month, and the next one is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are playing on now was made 26 days 10 hours ago.
Server details
On what version does desolate light currently run?
Running on Linux, desolate light is on Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
What does uptime look like for desolate light, and is it online?
desolate light is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 21 days 20 hours ago. It spent 0 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 0% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 13 September 2026.
Where does desolate light run from?
There is no region published for desolate light. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. 69.164.253.186:25863 is where it answers.
Tags
How should you read the tags listed for desolate light?
The tags gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp42 (Max players): It holds 42 slots; ts6 (Group limit): No team may exceed 6 players; v2634 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded are what desolate light publishes, and the server browser in the game reads them. Current players, queue length and the age of the world sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Where does desolate light turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
desolate light appears among the following Rust Insights lists: Modded Rust servers, explained. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
How many players are on desolate light right now, and how does that number move?
desolate light is offline at the moment; the last sighting was 21 days 20 hours ago.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does desolate light place?
Player hours over seven days put desolate light at #15,922, within the top 72% of the ranked field.
Settings and rules
What are the settings and rules for desolate light?
The name of desolate light does not state a gather rate. Up to 6 players can join one group. You get survival as the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a Modded entry: plugins or settings modify the game. It runs plugins, Oxide of them. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
What is the map on desolate light?
Size 4,500 and seed 1956985678 define the procedural map on desolate light, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map.
Join
What is the way to join desolate light?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 69.164.253.186:25863 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.