Skepticals Server
Online 15.204.209.102:28018 checked 11m ago
Vital stats
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 21 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 28% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 7h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 45 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 04:21 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | running | 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. 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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Who runs Skepticals Server?
A cravemc.net hostname is published by Skepticals Server. We track no other server using it.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Skepticals Server?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Skepticals Server: Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Skepticals Server mean?
These are the tags Skepticals Server publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp10 (Max players): There are 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: no PvP here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Skepticals Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Skepticals Server at #6,325, within the top 28% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Skepticals Server right now?
The current tally at Skepticals Server: 0 players across 10 slots. Peak for the week was 3, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 19:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Server details
Is Skepticals Server online, and how reliable is it?
Skepticals Server is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 9 hours ago. It was up 92% of the time over the last 7 full days, 154 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 21 September 2026.
Does Skepticals Server run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 81, with 38 as the lowest. At its peak it held 69,888 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 2,721 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Skepticals Server located?
There is no region from Skepticals Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 15.204.209.102:28018.
Which Rust version is Skepticals Server on?
On Linux, Skepticals Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Skepticals Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 45 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Skepticals Server?
Skepticals Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. Its current world has been live for 25 days 6 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
The rules
Which map does Skepticals Server run?
The procedural map on Skepticals Server measures 3,500 and comes from the game with seed 539490430. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Skepticals Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Skepticals Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins power it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join Skepticals Server?
Enter client.connect 15.204.209.102:28018 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.