The Zen Den
NA 66.51.99.76:28030 checked 7h 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
Top 71% of all ranked servers, top 84% in NA, and #504 of the trio servers (top 84%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 15 October, 18:10 UTC, in 1d 17h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence
- usual gap
- 8.5 days between real wipes
- on rhythm
- 0% of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0% else halves by day 8
Coming wipes
- 1d 17hThu 15 Oct, 18:10 UTC
- 8d 17hThu 22 Oct, 18:10 UTC
- 15d 17hThu 29 Oct, 18:10 UTC
- 22d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 29d 17hThu 12 Nov, 18:10 UTC
- 36d 17hThu 19 Nov, 18:10 UTC
- 43d 17hThu 26 Nov, 18:10 UTC
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 UTCFW 12d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 16 Sep, 01:40 UTC 27d ago | 1 | halved by day 8 | 15.7 days | 2 |
| Mon 14 Sep, 18:45 UTC 29d 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
Player Numbers
The Zen Den ranking: what position does it hold?
The Zen Den ranks #1,548 in North America and #15,977 overall on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 71% of ranked servers. In the trio category, its position is #504.
Is The Zen Den busy?
At this moment, The Zen Den is offline, with the last sighting 7 hours ago. The seven-day average player count stands at 0.
Tags and Filters
How should the tags on The Zen Den be interpreted?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags The Zen Den publishes are: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts3 (Group limit): Teams can have at most 3 members; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): Game build number: 166494; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code missing; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen weekly; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter gameplay; NA (North America): Server browser category: North America. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
Where does The Zen Den appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include The Zen Den are: Best modded Rust servers, Trio servers (group limit 3) and North American Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that bring it up are: 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.
Server Overview
What Rust version is The Zen Den on?
On Linux, The Zen Den runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Steam updates your game automatically, but it needs to match the protocol to join.
Is the performance on The Zen Den smooth?
Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 45, with a low of 30. It held up to 153,188 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. The maximum memory used was 10,012 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
What is the uptime and reliability of The Zen Den?
Last seen 7 hours ago, The Zen Den is currently offline. According to its reported uptime, the last restart was about 11 days 22 hours ago. It was up 86% of the time over the last 7 full days, 144 of 168 hours. It was first seen by BestRustServers.xyz on 13 September 2026.
The Zen Den location: where is it?
With its NA tag, The Zen Den lists itself in North America. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 66.51.99.76:28030.
Settings & Map
Which map is used on The Zen Den?
A procedural map of size 5,000 and seed 1337 is what The Zen Den runs, generated by the game. The map can be viewed on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed fix it. Called Custom Map on the map list.
What rules and configuration does The Zen Den have?
A gather rate is not given in the name The Zen Den. Listed group: trio, capped at 3 players. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so it appears under Modded. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Schedule
When does The Zen Den wipe?
The prediction for The Zen Den follows its tag, since too few wipes are on record to confirm its schedule. On Thursday 15 October at 18:10 UTC the next wipe is due. The world in play was made 12 days 6 hours. Weekly wipes are declared in its tags.
On The Zen Den, what occurs on wipe day?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. In the wipes where it did not hold, half the peak was lost by day 8.
How to Join
The Zen Den joining: how is it done?
Enter client.connect 66.51.99.76:28030 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^w,NA,gmrust,cs166494,ts3,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival gameplay.
mp50- Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts3- Group limit Teams can have at most 3 members.
v2634- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166494- Build Game build number: 166494.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
Wipe schedule
^w- Weekly Wipes happen weekly.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z- Modded The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter gameplay.
Region
NA- North America Server browser category: North America.
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.