Tiger's Den
Online NA 66.51.98.66:28035 checked 9m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 20% of all ranked servers, top 42% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:06 UTC27d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:10 UTC FW27d ago | 2 | – | 0.3 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 Tiger's Den rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days Tiger's Den is #4,550, #776 in North America, placing it in the top 20% of ranked servers.
How busy is Tiger's Den?
Of its 50 slots, Tiger's Den is using 1 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 2. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 00:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.
Tags
What do the server tags on Tiger's Den mean?
These are the tags Tiger's Den publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Tiger's Den?
Tiger's Den appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Tiger's Den?
Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Tiger's Den?
Once a month Tiger's Den wipes, and that is with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 1 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.
Map and rules
Which map does Tiger's Den run?
A procedural map of size 4,300 from seed 1337, generated by the game, is in use on Tiger'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 Tiger's Den?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Tiger's Den states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. pve is what it runs, no player combat. 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.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Tiger's Den run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Tiger's Den uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does Tiger's Den run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 24 server fps, with 5 as the lowest. Up to 123,430 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,719 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is Tiger's Den online, and how reliable is it?
Tiger's Den is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 11 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Tiger's Den located?
By its NA tag, Tiger's Den says it is in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 66.51.98.66:28035 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Tiger's Den?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.98.66:28035. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.