Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
89.182.217.163:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 89.182.217.163:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 19 Sep 2026, 20:39 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 19 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does NightLight use?
The name of NightLight does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on NightLight?
The map on NightLight is procedural, created by the game.
Tags
What do NightLight's tags signify?
These tags come from NightLight and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): 500 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs164530 (Build): Build 164530; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
What Boongarust lists feature NightLight?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for NightLight: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
What's the location of NightLight?
No region is published by NightLight. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 89.182.217.163:28015.
What's the uptime like on NightLight?
Last seen 18 days 2 hours ago, NightLight is offline at the moment. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. 19 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is NightLight using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows: that is NightLight. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
NightLight wipes on what schedule?
With so few of NightLight's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 18 days 2 hours old.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does NightLight place?
Ranked #15,401 on seven-day player hours, NightLight is in the top – overall.
How many players are on NightLight?
Offline. NightLight was last seen 18 days 2 hours ago.
How to join
How do you connect to NightLight?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 89.182.217.163:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.