The Dragon's Den
Online 157.85.92.23:29299 checked 10m 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 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 UTC29d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Dragon's Den?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Dragon's Den: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up 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 Dragon's Den mean?
These are the tags The Dragon's Den publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp20 (Max players): There are 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Dragon's Den rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Dragon's Den at #15,341, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Dragon's Den right now?
The Dragon's Den is holding 0 players, with 20 slots in total. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
Server facts
Is The Dragon's Den online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, The Dragon's Den is up and running. About 10 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 28 September 2026.
Does The Dragon's Den run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 115, with 87 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 91,438: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 4,562 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is The Dragon's Den located?
No region is published by The Dragon's Den. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 157.85.92.23:29299.
Which Rust version is The Dragon's Den on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version The Dragon's Den runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on The Dragon's Den when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on The Dragon's Den?
There is no next wipe to predict on The Dragon's Den, because wipes come at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 21 hours.
The rules
Which map does The Dragon's Den run?
A procedural map of 4,000 with seed 5 is what The Dragon's Den runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Dragon's Den?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Dragon's Den. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join The Dragon's Den?
Enter client.connect 157.85.92.23:29299 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.