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[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |
Online NA 98.2.204.240:28015 checked 7m 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 19 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 25% of all ranked servers, top 49% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 17h.
The force wipe
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
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01MODPlayers 16/200
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02MODPlayers 7/50
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03MODPlayers 1/100
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04MODPlayers 2/200
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05MODPlayers 149/999
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06MODPlayers 23/150
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Where does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | appear in Rust Tracker lists and filters?
On Rust Tracker, [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | sits in these lists: 5x Rust servers, tracked, Modded servers, tracked live, Build, creative and sandbox servers, Rust creative servers, tracked live and North America: live server tracking. These filters surface it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Gather rate: 5x.
Which tags does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | carry, and what do they mean?
Listed for the server browser to read, [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard mode; mp20 (Max players): Capacity: 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8; this is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code: not set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipe, on Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules — the game as Facepunch ships it; ^c (Creative): Build freely — sandbox building with no gathering; ^z (Modded): Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon; NA (North America): In the server browser it is listed under North America. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Wipe Schedule
On what schedule does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | wipe?
The next wipe at [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is an estimate, drawn from the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its world went live 25 days 2 hours. Tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Location and Status
How reliable is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |, and is it online now?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is up and online at this moment. The uptime it reports puts the last restart about 7 hours ago. 57% uptime over the last 7 full days, with 96 of 168 hours up. First contact for Rust Tracker: 19 October 2026.
Which Rust version is confirmed on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Confirmed for [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |: Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, Windows. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam updates it for you.
What is performance like on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Server fps held an average of 146 across the last 48 hours, never below 56. Peak entity count: 90,299, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Peak memory use: 3,524 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Which location is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | in?
Listed in North America under NA: that is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | by its own tags. Rust Tracker displays the location a server claims; it does not verify where the machine sits. Connect on 98.2.204.240:28015.
Population
How many players are on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | right now?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is at 0 players, capacity 20. Over seven days: average 0, peak 2 players. At 03:00 UTC it drew its highest average of the last 48 hours: 1 players.
Where does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | sit in the server rankings?
Seven-day player hours: #5,522 overall for [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |, top 25% of ranked servers, #926 in North America.
Map and Rules
Which settings and rules are confirmed on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Going by its name, [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | runs 5x gather. 8 players per group is the game's default, and the cap holds. build & creative is the game mode, no gathering, sandbox building only. Plugins or settings change the game, and the server browser lists it under Modded. Carbon plugins run on it. It uses the word vanilla for itself: no changed rates, kits or rules — the game as Facepunch ships it. On: VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is confirmed for [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Generated by the game from seed 1337, the procedural map on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | measures 4,500. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: equal size and seed return the same map. Its map goes by the name Custom Map.
How to Join
What is the way to join [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Open the console in Rust with F1 after starting the game, then type client.connect 98.2.204.240:28015. Alternatively, Launch Rust here opens Rust via Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^v,^c,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp20
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Gameplay
^c
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.