The Monster Den Build Server
Online 104.129.132.128:28015 checked 11m ago
Vital stats
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 68% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. 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 2, 16 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 07:01 UTC26d ago | 2 | – | 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. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Monster Den Build Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Monster Den Build Server: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Monster Den Build Server mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Monster Den Build Server: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp100 (Max players): It has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Monster Den Build Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank The Monster Den Build Server at #15,196, within the top 68% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Monster Den Build Server right now?
0 players are on The Monster Den Build Server at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server details
Is The Monster Den Build Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, The Monster Den Build Server is online. About 13 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Does The Monster Den Build Server run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 30 server fps, with a low of 30. The world carried as many as 69,207 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 2,275 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The Monster Den Build Server located?
There is no region from The Monster Den Build Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 104.129.132.128:28015.
Which Rust version is The Monster Den Build Server on?
On Linux, The Monster Den Build Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The Monster Den Build Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. 16 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on The Monster Den Build Server?
The record of The Monster Den Build Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. 26 days 14 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does The Monster Den Build Server run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 1690454019 is what The Monster Den Build Server runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.
What are the rules and settings on The Monster Den Build Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Monster Den Build Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join The Monster Den Build Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.129.132.128:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://store.themonsterden.net/.