The Zen Den
Offline NA 66.51.99.76:28030 checked 14d 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 71% of all ranked servers, top 84% in NA, and #519 of the trio servers (top 82%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 18:10 UTC, in 1d 14h. 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:10 UTC FW26d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 16 Sep, 01:40 UTC42d ago | 1 | halved by day 8 | 15.7 days | 2 |
| Mon 14 Sep, 18:45 UTC43d ago | 2 | – | 1.3 days | 1 |
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 Zen Den rank against other Rust servers?
The Zen Den ranks #15,327 on seven-day player hours, #1,547 in North America, and sits in the top 71% of all ranked servers. It places #519 among servers of the trio kind.
How busy is The Zen Den?
We have no live count for The Zen Den right now. It was last seen 14 days 10 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Zen Den mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Zen Den publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts3 (Group limit): The team limit is 3; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166494 (Build): This server runs game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. 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 Zen Den?
The Zen Den appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted, Trio Rust servers and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Trio; Wipe schedule: Weekly and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Zen Den?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 8.
What is the wipe schedule on The Zen Den?
The prediction follows its tag, since too few of The Zen Den's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Thursday 29 October at 18:10 UTC its next wipe is due. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 9 hours ago. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does The Zen Den run?
A procedural map of size 5,000 from seed 1337, generated by the game, is in use on The Zen Den. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Zen Den?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: The Zen Den states none. The cap on groups is 3 players (trio). You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Zen Den run?
On Linux, The Zen Den runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is The Zen Den online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, The Zen Den was last seen 14 days 10 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Zen Den located?
By its NA tag, The Zen 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. You will find it at 66.51.99.76:28030.
Getting in
How do I join The Zen Den?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 66.51.99.76:28030; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.