The Dragon's Den
Online 157.85.92.23:29299 checked 7m 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 28 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:33 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 22:10 UTC28d ago | 1 | – | 0.8 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 08:41 UTC28d ago | 1 | – | 0.6 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 21:11 UTC30d ago | 1 | – | 1.5 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 The Dragon's Den rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The Dragon's Den places at #15,349, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is The Dragon's Den?
The count reads 0 players on The Dragon's Den, which has 20 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Dragon's Den mean?
What the game's server browser reads from The Dragon's Den is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp20 (Max players): You can join up to 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 The Dragon's Den?
On Rust Population, The Dragon's Den is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on The Dragon's Den?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Dragon's Den?
Irregular times are when The Dragon's Den wipes, which leaves no next wipe to predict. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 5 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does The Dragon's Den run?
A procedural map of size 4,000 from seed 5, generated by the game, is in use on The Dragon's Den. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Dragon's Den?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Dragon's Den. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Dragon's Den run?
On Linux, The Dragon's Den runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does The Dragon's Den run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 110 server fps, with a low of 87. Up to 91,394 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,562 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is The Dragon's Den online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, The Dragon's Den is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 9 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 144 of 168 hours were online, or 86%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 28 September 2026.
Where is The Dragon's Den located?
No region is published by The Dragon's Den. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 157.85.92.23:29299.
How to join
How do I join The Dragon's Den?
Either enter client.connect 157.85.92.23:29299 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.