Tiger's Den
Online NA 66.51.98.66:28035 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 20% of all ranked servers, top 40% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h. 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Tiger's Den?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Tiger's Den: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server 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.
What do the server tags on Tiger's Den mean?
For the server browser, Tiger's Den lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^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; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Tiger's Den rank against other Rust servers?
Tiger's Den takes #4,409 on seven-day player hours, a top 20% spot overall and #746 across North America.
How many players are on Tiger's Den right now?
The current tally at Tiger's Den: 1 players across 50 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 04:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Server facts
Is Tiger's Den online, and how reliable is it?
Tiger's Den is live at the moment. About 5 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. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Does Tiger's Den run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 30 server fps, with a low of 5. At its peak it held 123,705 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,719 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Tiger's Den located?
With its NA tag, Tiger's Den lists itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 66.51.98.66:28035.
Which Rust version is Tiger's Den on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Tiger's Den runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Tiger's Den when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Tiger's Den?
Tiger's Den wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 27 days 6 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does Tiger's Den run?
A procedural map of 4,300 with seed 1337 is what Tiger's Den runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Tiger's Den?
No gather rate appears in the name of Tiger's Den. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join Tiger's Den?
Enter client.connect 66.51.98.66:28035 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.