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Rusty Cage

Online, with 1 of 50 players on; ranked #4,239 of every public Rust server, the top 19%. It last wiped 13h ago.

Filed under duo weekly wipes moddedoxidepremium
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The server's own banner, as it publishes it.
1/ 50 players now 2% full
07-day averagepeak 5
#4,239ranktop 19% · #717 in NA
13h agolast wipeweekly schedule
6d 10hnext wipeTue 3 Nov, 22:06 UTC

The crowd

Players

Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.

AveragePeakWipe
0246812:0021:0006:0015:0000:0009:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTCWIPE

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.

Server fpsWipe
02040608012:0021:0006:0015:0000:0009:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTCWIPE

Note: 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.

The standings

Rank

Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep18 Oct23 Oct28 Oct

Note: Top 19% of all ranked servers, top 38% in NA, and #232 of the duo servers (top 55%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

From its schedule tag.

Next wipe Tuesday 3 November, 22:06 UTC, in 6d 10h. 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

  1. 6d 10hTue 3 Nov, 22:06 UTC
  2. 8d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  3. 13d 10hTue 10 Nov, 22:06 UTC
  4. 20d 10hTue 17 Nov, 22:06 UTC
  5. 27d 10hTue 24 Nov, 22:06 UTC
  6. 34d 10hTue 1 Dec, 22:06 UTC
  7. 36d 7hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
  8. 41d 10hTue 8 Dec, 22:06 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe

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

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

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 22:06 UTC13h 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

Note: 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 short version

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe schedule

What should you expect on wipe day at Rusty Cage?

Recent wipes peaked at 3 players on average. The peak crowd on this wipe came 0 hours after it started. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 67% of its recent wipes. The cases that did not hold saw the crowd fall below half by day 2.

When does Rusty Cage wipe, and how often?

Its tag sets the prediction: too few wipes on Rusty Cage are on record to confirm the schedule. A wipe is expected on Tuesday 3 November at 22:06 UTC. 13 hours have passed since its current world was created. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.

Server

Does Rusty Cage hold a steady frame rate?

The 48-hour average for server fps is 18, and 5 was the lowest seen. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 142,022. Memory use peaked at 3,758 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Which Rust version is Rusty Cage on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Rusty Cage runs. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.

What does uptime look like for Rusty Cage, and is it online?

At the time of this check Rusty Cage is online. About 11 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged from the uptime it reports. The last 7 full days gave 168 of 168 hours up, or 100% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 13 September 2026.

In which location does Rusty Cage sit?

The NA tag is how Rusty Cage places itself in North America. Rust Insights takes the location from what a server says about itself; no check is made of where the machine stands. 66.51.99.65:28035 is where it answers.

Server tags

Which meanings sit behind the tags on Rusty Cage?

These tags come from Rusty Cage and are read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots in total; ts2 (Group limit): No team may exceed 2 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^w (Weekly): Wipes arrive weekly; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to get in; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays; NA (North America): The server browser files this server under North America. You will find the present player count, the queue and the world's creation time among the tags, and they are displayed at the top of this page.

Which Rust Insights filters and lists feature Rusty Cage?

Rusty Cage appears among the following Rust Insights lists: Duo servers: group limit 2, Modded Rust servers, explained and North American Rust servers. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: 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.

Player counts

How many players are on Rusty Cage right now, and how does that number move?

Rusty Cage shows 1 players at the moment, against 50 slots. Over the past week it peaked at 5 and averaged 0 players. Look at the last 48 hours and the peak hour is 04:00 UTC, at 5 players on average.

How does Rusty Cage compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?

In North America, Rusty Cage is #717; across all ranked servers it is #4,239 on seven-day player hours, in the top 19%. In the duo category it ranks #232.

Rules and settings

What are the settings and rules for Rusty Cage?

Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of Rusty Cage. duo is the group name, and it caps groups at 2 players. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players may raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide is the plugin count it runs. You need Rust's premium status to get in. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.

What is the map on Rusty Cage?

Rusty Cage runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 2013498811, generated by the game. The same size and seed produce the same map, so from this page you can look at it on RustMaps.

Connecting

What is the way to join Rusty Cage?

To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.99.65:28035 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you. You need Rust's premium status to get in. You will find its website at https://rusty-cage.tebex.store/.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp50
Max players 50 slots in total.
ts2
Group limit No team may exceed 2 players.
v2635
Protocol Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635.
cs168909
Build It runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it.
$r?
Region code A region code has not been set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes arrive weekly.

Mods and access

^q
Premium You need Rust's premium status to get in.
^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays.

Region

NA
North America The server browser files this server under North America.

Note: 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.