Rusty Cage
Online NA 66.51.99.65:28035 checked 10m ago
Measurements
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 20% of all ranked servers, top 40% in NA, and #239 of the duo servers (top 57%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Tuesday 3 November, 22:06 UTC, in 6d 13h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence
Coming wipes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTC10h 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Rusty Cage rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days Rusty Cage is #4,395, #743 in North America, placing it in the top 20% of ranked servers. It places #239 among servers of the duo kind.
How busy is Rusty Cage?
Of its 50 slots, Rusty Cage is using 4 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 5 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 04:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 5 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rusty Cage mean?
These are the tags Rusty Cage publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts2 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 2 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rusty Cage?
Rusty Cage appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Rust population on duo servers, Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Look for 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.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Cage?
Averaged over recent wipes, 3 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 67% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 2 when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Cage?
The prediction follows its tag, since too few of Rusty Cage's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Tuesday 3 November at 22:06 UTC its next wipe is due. 10 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of one wipe a week.
Settings
Which map does Rusty Cage run?
A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 2013498811, generated by the game, is in use on Rusty Cage. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Cage?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rusty Cage states none. A group can hold 2 players at most (duo). survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. Joining requires Rust's premium status. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rusty Cage run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Rusty Cage. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Rusty Cage run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 16 server fps, with 5 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 142,022, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,142 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Rusty Cage online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Rusty Cage is online. About 9 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Rusty Cage located?
The NA tag is how Rusty Cage places itself in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 66.51.99.65:28035 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Rusty Cage?
Either enter client.connect 66.51.99.65:28035 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. Joining requires Rust's premium status. For more, visit its website: https://rusty-cage.tebex.store/.