Rusty Cage
Online NA 66.51.99.65:28035 checked 12m ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 25% of all ranked servers, top 50% in NA, and #273 of the duo servers (top 65%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Tuesday 3 November, 22:06 UTC, in 6d 21h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence
- usual gap
- 4 daysbetween real wipes
- on rhythm
- 67%of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 3players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 67%else halves by day 2
Coming wipes
- in 6d 21hTue 3 Nov, 22:06 UTC
- in 8d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 13d 21hTue 10 Nov, 22:06 UTC
- in 20d 21hTue 17 Nov, 22:06 UTC
- in 27d 21hTue 24 Nov, 22:06 UTC
- in 34d 21hTue 1 Dec, 22:06 UTC
- in 36d 18hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 41d 21hTue 8 Dec, 22:06 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
27 OCT 2026Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTC2h ago |
– | – | running | 0 |
23 OCT 2026Fri 23 Oct, 23:17 UTC4d ago |
1 | – | – | 0 |
17 OCT 2026Sat 17 Oct, 02:55 UTC10d ago |
4 | held half | 6.8 days | 0 |
13 OCT 2026Tue 13 Oct, 05:26 UTC14d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Settings and map
On Rusty Cage, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Rusty Cage. The server sets a group limit of 2 players (duo). The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Oxide plugins are run on it. Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on Rusty Cage?
Rusty Cage runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 2013498811, generated by the game. The map can be seen on RustMaps from this page, because the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
Where does Rusty Cage appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Rusty Cage: Duo servers, filed under group limit, Modded Rust servers, filed by play style and North American Rust servers. Filed 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.
How should you read the tags listed for Rusty Cage?
These are the tags Rusty Cage publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts2 (Group limit): The team ceiling is 2; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): Wipes run on a weekly cycle; ^q (Premium): Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded; NA (North America): North America is the region shown in the server browser. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipes and resets
What happens on wipe day at Rusty Cage?
Its recent wipes averaged 3 players at peak. The latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 67% of its recent wipes. In the other cases, numbers dropped below half by day 2.
Which wipe timetable does Rusty Cage follow?
Too few wipes of Rusty Cage are recorded to confirm its schedule, so the tag sets the prediction. Dated for Tuesday 3 November at 22:06 UTC: its next wipe. Its present world dates from 2 hours. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Players and ranking
Where does Rusty Cage sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #5,637 for Rusty Cage on seven-day player hours, #937 in North America, top 25% overall. See also the duo servers, where it stands at #273.
Is Rusty Cage quiet or crowded?
Rusty Cage is currently showing 3 players on 50 slots. The seven-day average is 0 players; the peak reached 3. The busiest point in the last 48 hours was 23:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.
Operator and status
What version does Rusty Cage use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what you will find on Rusty Cage. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
Is Rusty Cage reachable, and does it stay up?
You will find Rusty Cage online as of now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 1 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 86%, 144 hours out of 168. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 13 September 2026.
How well does Rusty Cage perform?
The last 48 hours give an average of 6 server fps and a floor of 5. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 142,022 entities. Memory use reached as much as 4,142 MB. Lag, to players, is low fps and an entity count that climbs.
Where in the world is Rusty Cage hosted?
The NA tag places Rusty Cage, by its own listing, in North America. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 66.51.99.65:28035.
Joining the server
What steps lead onto Rusty Cage?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 66.51.99.65:28035 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Entry is limited to players with Rust's premium status. The website can be found at https://rusty-cage.tebex.store/.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,NA,gmrust,cs168909,^q,ts2,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts2
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^w
Mods and access
^q
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.