[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |
Offline NA 74.79.73.121:28015 checked 10d 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 17 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 84% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 13h. The force wipe
Wipes
| 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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |: The 5x scene, live, Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live, Rust creative servers, watched and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters 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.
What do the server tags on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp20 (Max players): There are 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^c (Creative): It's creative sandbox: no gathering, just building what you like; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | rank against other Rust servers?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | takes #15,297 on seven-day player hours, a top 69% spot overall and #1,562 across North America.
How many players are on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | right now?
The last sighting of [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | was 10 days 2 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | was last seen 10 days 2 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 17 October 2026.
Where is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | located?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 74.79.73.121:28015.
Which Rust version is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | on?
On Windows, [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
An estimate from the force wipe gives [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |'s next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 26 days 6 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Rules and settings
Which map does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1337 is what [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.
What are the rules and settings on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Gather comes at 5x on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |, according to its name. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. building in a sandbox, with no gathering: that is the build & creative mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Carbon plugins are running on it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 74.79.73.121:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.