Rusty Cage
Online NA 66.51.99.65:28035 checked 9m ago
Vital stats
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 15% of all ranked servers, top 29% in NA, and #209 of the duo servers (top 50%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Tuesday 3 November, 22:06 UTC, in 4d 15h. 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 6, 32 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTC2d ago | 6 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 23 Oct, 23:17 UTC6d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 4 days | 0 |
| Sat 17 Oct, 02:55 UTC13d ago | 4 | held half | 6.8 days | 0 |
| Tue 13 Oct, 05:26 UTC17d 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rusty Cage?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Rusty Cage: Duo servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it 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 3 days.
What do the server tags on Rusty Cage mean?
For the server browser, Rusty Cage lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts2 (Group limit): No team can exceed 2 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 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 code has been set; ^w (Weekly): Every week brings a wipe; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Rusty Cage rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, Rusty Cage sits at #3,299, inside the top 15% of ranked servers and at #543 in North America. It comes in at #209 among duo servers.
How many players are on Rusty Cage right now?
Rusty Cage is holding 1 players, with 50 slots in total. Peak for the week was 6, against an average of 1 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 06:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.
Server facts
Is Rusty Cage online, and how reliable is it?
Rusty Cage is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 17 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does Rusty Cage run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 57 server fps, with a low of 5. At its peak it held 62,560 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 2,294 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Rusty Cage located?
With its NA tag, Rusty Cage lists 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 66.51.99.65:28035.
Which Rust version is Rusty Cage on?
On Linux, Rusty Cage runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Rusty Cage when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 4 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 32 hours in. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 67% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 2 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Cage?
Too few wipes are recorded on Rusty Cage to confirm its schedule, so its tag drives the prediction. Tuesday 3 November at 22:06 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. The world it is running now dates from 2 days 8 hours. Weekly is the wipe rhythm its tags set out.
Map and rules
Which map does Rusty Cage run?
Generated by the game with seed 2013498811, the map on Rusty Cage is procedural and 3,000 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Cage?
The name of Rusty Cage says nothing about gather rate. A group can hold 2 players at most (duo). the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. Joining requires Rust's premium status. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join Rusty Cage?
Enter client.connect 66.51.99.65:28035 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. Joining requires Rust's premium status. For more, see https://rusty-cage.tebex.store/.