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The Dragon's Den

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Dragon's Den, reached at 157.85.92.23:29299. At the last check it held 0 of 20 places, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,344 of all servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 27d ago.

Keywordsmodded oxide

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/200% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,344top 69%
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–no rhythm it keeps

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
05010015020000:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00
Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 69% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k28 Sep4 Oct10 Oct16 Oct22 Oct28 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap0.8 daysbetween real wipes
On rhythm33%of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak1players, last three wipes
Thu 1 OctWed 30 SepWed 30 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: 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.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 18:33fw27d ago 1 – running 1
Wed 30 Sep, 22:1028d ago 1 – 0.8 d 0
Wed 30 Sep, 08:4128d ago 1 – 0.6 d 0
Mon 28 Sep, 21:1130d ago 1 – 1.5 d 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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of The Dragon's Den
Figure 5: The map: Custom Map, size 4000, seed 5.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address157.85.92.23:29299
Region–
Max players20
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 18:33 UTC
Hostname–
First seen28 Sep 2026
MapCustom Map
Size4000
Seed5

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are browse modded Rust servers [2] and Rust wipe forecast [3].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
ShockRust | Blue | NoLimitno group limit · 157 on average56/500
МИНИ-КАРТА 2Х | STORM | FPS+ 28.10EU · groups of 8+ · weekly · 128 on average129/100
RETRO RUST #1 Х1000|NOLIMIT|LOOT++|KIT WIPE 27.10EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 117 on average54/225
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 25.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 92 on average53/700
RustSpain.com | EU MainEU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 88 on average16/200
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 24.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 84 on average9/1000

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of The Dragon's Den smooth?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 109, with a minimum of 87. The highest number of entities it carried was 91,394, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. The peak memory usage was 4,562 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is The Dragon's Den based?

A region is not published by The Dragon's Den. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 157.85.92.23:29299 is its address.

A.3How reliable is The Dragon's Den, and is it currently online?

The Dragon's Den is online at this time. It last restarted around 8 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. The server was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 28 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for The Dragon's Den?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that The Dragon's Den runs, on Linux. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.5What schedule does The Dragon's Den follow for wipes?

With irregular wipe times, The Dragon's Den offers no next wipe to predict. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. The world currently in use was created 27 days 4 hours ago.

A.6What happens on The Dragon's Den when wipe day arrives?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began.

Player count

A.7How does The Dragon's Den compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts The Dragon's Den at #15,344, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

A.8What is the population level of The Dragon's Den?

At this moment 0 players are on The Dragon's Den, which has 20 slots in total. Averaged across the last seven days, the population is 0 players.

Tags, lists

A.9How should the tags on The Dragon's Den be interpreted?

Tags from The Dragon's Den, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp20 (Max players): It offers 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.10Where can The Dragon's Den be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include The Dragon's Den: Modded Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules, settings, map

A.11Under what rules and settings does The Dragon's Den operate?

Its name carries no gather rate for The Dragon's Den. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins number Oxide on this server. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12What is the map for The Dragon's Den?

The game generates The Dragon's Den's procedural map at size 4,000, from seed 5. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page. The map is named Custom Map.

How to join

A.13What steps are required to join The Dragon's Den?

Enter client.connect 157.85.92.23:29299 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp20Max players. It offers 20 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2635Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.

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.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Browse modded Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.