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[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |

Online NA 74.79.99.27:28015 checked 17m ago

5x monthly wipes vanillamoddedcarbon
players now0of 20 slots
7-day average0peak 2
rank#6,300top 28% · #1030 in NA
last wipe · restocked11d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock22d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5201:0004:0021:0000:0004:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

010020030040001:0004:0021:0000:0004:0023:00

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 best
RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep25 Sep29 Sep4 Oct8 Oct13 Oct

Top 28% of all ranked servers, top 56% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

2 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
33%on rhythmof its recent wipes
1wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
50%crowd heldelse halves by day 1

Coming wipes

  1. 22d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 2 OctThu 1 OctTue 29 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 23:12 UTC11d ago 1 – running 1
Thu 1 Oct, 20:00 UTC FW12d ago 1 – 1.1 days 1
Tue 29 Sep, 22:27 UTC14d ago 1 – 1.9 days 0
Sun 27 Sep, 20:43 UTC16d ago 1 halved by day 1 2.1 days 0
Sat 26 Sep, 22:43 UTC17d ago 1 – 0.9 days 0
Wed 23 Sep, 03:04 UTC20d ago 1 held half 3.8 days 1
Sun 20 Sep, 03:45 UTC23d ago 2 held half 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

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

What is the meaning of the tags on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?

Here are the tags [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp20 (Max players): Room for 20; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167398 (Build): It runs on build 167398; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it; ^c (Creative): Build freely in sandbox mode, with no gathering; ^z (Modded): Modded is its category, with plugins or settings changing the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon is the plugin framework in use; NA (North America): North America is where the server browser files it. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.

On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | in?

The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | are: Top 5x Rust servers, Modded Rust servers, Build and creative servers, Creative Rust servers and North America Rust servers. These filters bring it up 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Gather rate: 5x.

Map and rules

Which map is currently on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?

[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page. The map goes by: Custom Map.

What rules does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | enforce, and what settings does it run?

Its name shows a 5x gather rate for [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. This server runs build & creative, no gathering, just sandbox building. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. You will find Carbon plugins running here. It is vanilla by its own description: untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

About the server

Where can you find [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?

The NA tag places [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | in North America. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 74.79.99.27:28015.

What is the uptime like on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?

You can grab [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |: it is online as we speak. The uptime counter points to a restart about 3 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 59 of 168 hours, or 35% of the time. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.

What is the performance like on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?

The 48-hour average for server fps is 162, and the floor was 103. Up to 87,439 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. The highest memory reading was 3,166 MB. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.

Which Rust build is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | running?

The setup: [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | on Windows, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.

Live players

How does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?

The last seven days of player hours place [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | at #6,300, in the top 28% of all ranked servers and #1,030 in North America.

How many players are on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | right now?

You will find 0 players filling 20 slots in [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | as things stand. The seven-day average is 0, and the busiest point reached 2. The last 48 hours peaked at 02:00 UTC, when it averaged 2 players.

Wipe schedule

On what schedule does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | wipe?

The force wipe is the only wipe at [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe, which is its next wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it has now started 11 days 1 hours ago. Wipes once a month are what its tags show.

What happens on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | on wipe day?

The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 1 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours after it began, the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 1 in the wipes that did not hold.

How to join

What steps do you take to join [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?

Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 74.79.99.27:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,^v,^c,NA,gmrust,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, the standard way.
mp20
Max players Room for 20.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs167398
Build It runs on build 167398.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code not set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^c
Creative Build freely in sandbox mode, with no gathering.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Modded is its category, with plugins or settings changing the game.
^y
Carbon Carbon is the plugin framework in use.

Region

NA
North America North America is where the server browser files it.

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.