Rusted Ridge

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rusted Ridge, reached at 66.51.96.61:28040 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 2 of 50 places, against a seven-day mean of 1 and a peak of 4¹. It ranks #3,218 of all servers, the top 14%, and #531 in NA. It last wiped 13d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsmonthly wipes modded oxide

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	2/50	4% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	1	peak 4, 48 h peak 4
Rank²	#3,218	top 14%; #531 in NA
Last wipe	13d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	6d 17h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak

Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory⁴. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

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Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 14% of all ranked servers, the top 29% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 17h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	3	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	6d 17h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	34d 17h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 2 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Fri 16 Oct, 01:5613d 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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of Rusted Ridge — Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 5000, seed 346176. Open on RustMaps.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`66.51.96.61:28040`
Region	NA
Max players	50
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	16 Oct 2026, 02:42 UTC
Hostname	–
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	5000
Seed	346176

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are US Rust server statistics [2], modded servers by player count [3], live roleplay population [4] and Rust wipe forecast [5].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
[NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo MonthlyNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 14 on average	18/175
Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvPNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average	9/90
Made in Quebec & France! QC FR EN (Website 9 Languages)NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 4 on average	5/1000
Testing GroundsNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 2 on average	2/15
[US] Exile PvE \| Noob Friendly \| Raidable Bases \| Skill Tree \| NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average	1/50
Apocrypha-Linux \| PvE \| PvPNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 1 on average	1/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does Rusted Ridge run?

The server fps averaged 29 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 16. Its entity count reached a maximum of 149,386, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 6,709 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What location does Rusted Ridge have?

The NA tag places Rusted Ridge in North America, as it lists itself. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 66.51.96.61:28040 is its address.

A.3How reliable is Rusted Ridge, and is it currently online?

Rusted Ridge is online at this time. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 6 days 19 hours ago. The server was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Rusted Ridge?

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

Wipe schedule

A.5When are wipes carried out on Rusted Ridge?

The only wipe for Rusted Ridge is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe occurs, and that is when every Rust server, including this one, next wipes. 13 days 22 hours have passed since the current world was generated. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6What happens on Rusted Ridge when wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 3 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 2 hours after it began.

Player count

A.7What is the rank of Rusted Ridge among Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days Rusted Ridge is #3,218, within the top 14% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #531.

A.8At what level does Rusted Ridge operate in terms of players?

The current population of Rusted Ridge is 2, drawn from 50 slots. Over the last week the count averages 1 players and reaches 4 at its height. Averaging 2 players, 23:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags, lists

A.9How should the tags on Rusted Ridge be interpreted?

gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): It offers 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^r (Roleplay): The server is run for roleplay; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed under North America: these are the tags Rusted Ridge publishes, and the server browser reads them. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Rusted Ridge be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Rusted Ridge fits are: Modded Rust servers, Rust roleplay servers, measured and North American server statistics. It appears under the following filters 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.

Rules, settings, map

A.11What are the settings and rules that govern Rusted Ridge?

Its name carries no gather rate for Rusted Ridge. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. roleplay is the game mode here; towns, jobs and rules for roleplay. Plugins or settings change the game; the browser files it under Modded. Plugins number Oxide on this server. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12What is the map for Rusted Ridge?

Generated by the game from seed 346176, the procedural map on Rusted Ridge measures 5,000. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

Connection

A.13What steps are required to join Rusted Ridge?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 66.51.96.61:28040. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^r,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
`mp50`	Max players. It offers 50 slots.
`ts8`	Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
`v2635`	Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
`cs168909`	Build. The game build is 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
`$r?`	Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Gameplay
`^r`	Roleplay. The server is run for roleplay.
Mods and access
`^o`	Oxide. Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server.
`^z`	Modded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
`NA`	North America. In the server browser it is filed 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.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. US Rust server statistics. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Modded servers by player count. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Live roleplay population. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-roleplay-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.