The Zen Den
NA 66.51.99.76:28030 checked 4h ago
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 71% of all ranked servers, top 84% in NA, and #502 of the trio servers (top 84%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
from its schedule tagNext wipe Thursday 15 October, 18:10 UTC, in 1d 20h. 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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:10 UTC FW12d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 16 Sep, 01:40 UTC27d ago | 1 | halved by day 8 | 15.7 days | 2 |
| Mon 14 Sep, 18:45 UTC29d 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.
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Quick answers
Server rules
What is the setup on The Zen Den when it comes to rules and settings?
No gather rate appears in the name The Zen Den. The limit on groups is 3 players (trio). survival is its mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded in the server browser. It runs plugins: Oxide. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
What is the map on The Zen Den?
A procedural map, size 5,000 with seed 1337, generated by the game, is what The Zen Den runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map. Under map name you will find: Custom Map.
Player count
How full is The Zen Den?
At present, The Zen Den is offline and its last appearance was 4 hours ago. Averaged over the last week, the player count is 0.
What position does The Zen Den hold in the server rankings?
With a global rank of #15,977 for player hours over the last week, The Zen Den is #1,551 in North America and in the top 71% of ranked servers. Among servers in the trio group, it sits at #502.
Tags and filters
What is the meaning of the tags on The Zen Den?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Zen Den: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust mode; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts3 (Group limit): Each team can have up to 3 players; v2634 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2634 on your game to join; cs166494 (Build): It runs build 166494; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^w (Weekly): The server wipes weekly; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings; NA (North America): The server browser puts it in North America. Also in the tags: its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, and the top of this page shows them.
Where does The Zen Den appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include The Zen Den are Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs, Trio Rust servers and North American Rust servers. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Trio; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
About the server
What is the uptime and reliability of The Zen Den?
Currently offline, The Zen Den was last seen 4 hours ago. The uptime figure it gives suggests it restarted around 11 days 22 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time across the last 7 full days: 168 of 168 hours. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 13 September 2026.
How well does The Zen Den perform?
Over the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 45 and never dropped below 30. It reached a maximum of 153,188 entities, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The maximum memory it used was 10,012 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are the source of the lag players feel.
What version is The Zen Den using?
The server The Zen Den runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 with Linux as its operating system. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam will update your game to that protocol.
What location does The Zen Den use?
In North America, The Zen Den lists itself with its NA tag. The location shown by Rust Zerg Life is what a server says; it does not check where the machine stands. Connect to it at 66.51.99.76:28030.
Wipe schedule
What happens on wipe day on The Zen Den?
The average peak for its recent wipes was 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. Until the next wipe, the crowd stayed above half that peak in 0% of its recent wipes. Otherwise, it slipped below half by day 8.
What schedule does The Zen Den follow for wipes?
With too few wipes recorded to confirm The Zen Den's schedule, the prediction comes from its tag. It is due to wipe next on Thursday 15 October at 18:10 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 12 days 3 hours ago. A wipe every week is what its tags state.
How to join
How can I connect to The Zen Den?
You can join by opening the console with F1 and typing client.connect 66.51.99.76:28030. Or hit Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^w,NA,gmrust,cs166494,ts3,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts3
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^w
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.