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WSKIN by SHAFT

Online 212.22.93.118:28014 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 4
Rank#4,928top 22%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5210:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608010:0019:0004:0012:0022:0007:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 22% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 9hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 9hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 3 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 19:52 UTC FW27d 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include WSKIN by SHAFT?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include WSKIN by SHAFT: Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live and Rust creative servers, watched. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on WSKIN by SHAFT mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from WSKIN by SHAFT: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^c (Creative): No gathering needed: sandbox building, build whatever you like; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does WSKIN by SHAFT rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place WSKIN by SHAFT at #4,928, in the top 22% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on WSKIN by SHAFT right now?

WSKIN by SHAFT is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 4. Look at 11:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.

About the server

Is WSKIN by SHAFT online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, WSKIN by SHAFT is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 3 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.

Does WSKIN by SHAFT run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 65, and it never went below 57. At its peak it held 42,366 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 1,796 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is WSKIN by SHAFT located?

There is no region from WSKIN by SHAFT. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 212.22.93.118:28014.

Which Rust version is WSKIN by SHAFT on?

On Windows, WSKIN by SHAFT runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on WSKIN by SHAFT when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. 3 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on WSKIN by SHAFT?

Wipes on WSKIN by SHAFT come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 27 days 13 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

The rules

Which map does WSKIN by SHAFT run?

The procedural map on WSKIN by SHAFT measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 338530235. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on WSKIN by SHAFT?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on WSKIN by SHAFT. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. build freely in a sandbox, no gathering: that is the build & creative mode. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join WSKIN by SHAFT?

Enter client.connect 212.22.93.118:28014 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://connect.shaft.skin/.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^c,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^c
Creative No gathering needed: sandbox building, build whatever you like.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.