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Rusted Ridge

Online NA 66.51.96.61:28040 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 50 slots 2% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 3
Rank#3,412top 15% · #563 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe13d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5205:0014:0023:0007:0016:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep19 Oct24 Oct29 Oct

Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 30% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 14hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 2 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 16 Oct, 01:56 UTC13d ago 3 – running 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rusted Ridge?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rusted Ridge: Modded Rust servers, live, The roleplay set, by the numbers and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on Rusted Ridge mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rusted Ridge: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the focus here; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does Rusted Ridge rank against other Rust servers?

Rusted Ridge takes #3,412 on seven-day player hours, a top 15% spot overall and #563 across North America.

How many players are on Rusted Ridge right now?

1 players are on Rusted Ridge at the moment, out of 50 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 3. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 02:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server facts

Is Rusted Ridge online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rusted Ridge is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 5 days 22 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Rusted Ridge run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 29, with 16 as the lowest. At its peak it held 149,386 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 6,108 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rusted Ridge located?

Rusted Ridge uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 66.51.96.61:28040.

Which Rust version is Rusted Ridge on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rusted Ridge runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Rusted Ridge when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 2 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusted Ridge?

Rusted Ridge wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 13 days 1 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusted Ridge run?

The procedural map on Rusted Ridge measures 5,000 and comes from the game with seed 346176. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rusted Ridge?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rusted Ridge. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. jobs and towns under roleplay rules: that is the roleplay mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join Rusted Ridge?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.96.61:28040. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^r,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay Roleplay is the focus here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it sits 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.