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Rusty Cage

Online NA 66.51.99.65:28035 checked 7m ago

duo weekly wipes moddedoxidepremium
Sp1 · players now 2/ 50
4% full
Li1 · players, the last 48 hours · hourly average, UTCpeak 5°
Mon 21:00flare: a wipe in that hourWed 19:00
1
7-day average
peak 5
#3,968
rank
top 18% · #662 in NA
22h ago
last wipe
weekly schedule
6d 1h
next wipe
Tue 3 Nov, 22:06 UTC
UTC checked 7m ago

Li2Players

AveragePeakWipe
0246821:0006:0015:0000:0009:0019:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Li3Server performance

Server fpsWipe
02040608021:0006:0015:0000:0009:0019:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTCWIPE

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.

Li4Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep18 Oct23 Oct28 Oct

Top 18% of all ranked servers, top 36% in NA, and #229 of the duo servers (top 55%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Bx1Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Tuesday 3 November, 22:06 UTC, in 6d 1h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence

4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
67%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
67%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

6d 1h
Tue 3 Nov, 22:06 UTC
7d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
13d 1h
Tue 10 Nov, 22:06 UTC
20d 1h
Tue 17 Nov, 22:06 UTC
27d 1h
Tue 24 Nov, 22:06 UTC
34d 1h
Tue 1 Dec, 22:06 UTC
35d 22h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
41d 1h
Tue 8 Dec, 22:06 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctSat 17 OctTue 13 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Bx2Wipes

newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTC22h ago – – running 0
Fri 23 Oct, 23:17 UTC4d ago 1 halved by day 2 4 days 0
Sat 17 Oct, 02:55 UTC11d ago 4 held half 6.8 days 0
Tue 13 Oct, 05:26 UTC15d ago 3 held half 3.9 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.

Bx6Similar servers

the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Weekly | US
NA · duo · weekly · 101 on average
19 / 100
RustForNoobs.com | Mondays | Solo/Duo | US
NA · duo · weekly · 64 on average
136 / 125
US RustLife.net | Solo/Duo | Fridays | Noob Friendly
NA · duo · weekly · 3 on average
2 / 100
WARBANDITS.GG |Solo/Duo|Weekly| JUST WIPED
NA · duo · weekly · 3 on average
4 / 100
US RustLife.net | Solo/Duo | Mondays | Noob Friendly
NA · duo · weekly · 2 on average
2 / 100
WARBANDITS.GG 2X |Solo/Duo|X2 JUST FULLWIPED
NA · duo · 2x · weekly · 145 on average
458 / 200

LogQuick answers

from the figures on this page

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Rusty Cage?

The average peak across its recent wipes is 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe reached its peak 0 hours in. Half the peak was held until the next wipe in 67% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that did not hold, numbers dropped below half by day 2.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Cage?

Too few wipes are recorded on Rusty Cage to confirm its schedule; the tag is what the prediction follows. Tuesday 3 November at 22:06 UTC is when its next wipe is due. The world it runs now dates from 22 hours ago. The tags list a weekly wipe.

Population

How busy is Rusty Cage?

Rusty Cage currently has 2 of its 50 slots filled. The average across the last seven days is 1 players; the peak reached 5. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 04:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

How does Rusty Cage rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours place Rusty Cage at #3,968, in the top 18% of ranked servers; within North America it is #662. The duo group puts it at #229.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusty Cage run?

A procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 2013498811, generated by the game, runs on Rusty Cage. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed give the same map.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty Cage?

No gather rate appears in the name Rusty Cage. A group can have at most 2 players (duo). survival is the game mode, standard play: gathering, building and raiding. Combat between players and raiding are both possible. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins run on this server. Rust's premium status is required to join. Anti-cheat: Valve's VAC is on.

Location and uptime

Which version of Rust does Rusty Cage run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build Rusty Cage runs, on Linux. Steam updates your game for you, and the protocol has to match for you to join.

Is Rusty Cage online, and how reliable is it?

Online now: Rusty Cage. Its reported uptime dates the last restart to about 5 hours ago. It was up 168 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 100% of the time. Rust Heatmap has had it on record since 13 September 2026.

Where is Rusty Cage located?

The NA tag is how Rusty Cage lists itself in North America. A server says where it is, and Rust Heatmap shows that. The machine's actual location is not looked up. To connect, use 66.51.99.65:28035.

Does Rusty Cage run smoothly?

Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 28; it never dropped below 5. Buildings, deployables and the rest of the world came to as much as 141,965 entities. At its peak it held 3,758 MB of memory. Lag, as players experience it, comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Tags

Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Rusty Cage?

Rust servers with a group limit of 2, Modded Rust servers, by live population and North America server heatmap are the Rust Heatmap lists that Rusty Cage fits. You will find it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

What do the server tags on Rusty Cage mean?

gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust form; mp50 (Max players): The slot count is 50; ts2 (Group limit): The team limit is 2; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635, so your game has to match it; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^w (Weekly): It wipes once a week; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Settings or plugins alter the game, which puts it under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America are the tags Rusty Cage publishes, and the server browser reads them. The top of this page also shows the tags for players now, the queue and when the world was made.

How to join

How do I join Rusty Cage?

Enter client.connect 66.51.99.65:28035 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you. Rust's premium status is required to join. You can find it online at https://rusty-cage.tebex.store/.

KeyServer tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,NA,gmrust,cs168909,^q,ts2,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust form.
mp50
Max players The slot count is 50.
ts2
Group limit The team limit is 2.
v2635
Protocol The server runs game protocol 2635, so your game has to match it.
cs168909
Build The game build here is 168909.
ptrak
Networking Standard game networking here, which is RakNet.
$r?
Region code The region code is blank.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly It wipes once a week.

Mods and access

^q
Premium Rust's premium status is required to join.
^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Settings or plugins alter the game, which puts it under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.