The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 15,297Acc. 2026.15297
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 17 October 2026
Offline NA 74.79.73.121:28015 checked 10d ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
The record of each wipe
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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 5h. The force wipe
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags, lists
What do the server tags on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | mean?
You can see the tags [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): The server holds 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap of 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build number: 167781; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: no altered rates, no kits, no extra rules; ^c (Creative): Build what you like in a sandbox, with no gathering; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon is the plugin framework in use; NA (North America): North America is the region the server browser files it under. Shown at the top of this page are the current players, the queue and the world's age, also taken from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
The Rust Server History lists that feature [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | are: 5x Rust servers, Modded Rust servers: the record, Rust build servers: the record, Creative Rust servers: the record and North America Rust servers. 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.
The record
Which version of Rust does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the build [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | runs, on Windows. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | online, and how reliable is it?
The record shows [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | offline at this moment, last seen 10 days 10 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time, over the last 7 full days. First seen by Rust Server History on 17 October 2026.
Where is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | located?
The NA tag is how [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | lists itself in North America. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. Its entry gives 74.79.73.121:28015 as the address.
Wipe record
What is the wipe schedule on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
The next wipe on [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. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 13 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Player counts
How does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | rank against other Rust servers?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | takes #1,562 in North America on seven-day player hours, with #15,297 overall and a place in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is offline at present, having last been seen 10 days 10 hours ago.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
5x gathering is what the name of [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | records. No group may exceed 8 players, the default set by the game. build & creative is the game mode, building in a sandbox, no gathering needed. Under Modded in the server browser, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Carbon. Vanilla is its own description: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: no altered rates, no kits, no extra rules. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | run?
Generated by the game at size 4,500 with seed 1337, the map on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is procedural. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map. Under map name, the entry reads: Custom Map.
Joining the server
How do I join [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 74.79.73.121:28015 to connect. Launch Rust from this page instead and you join through Steam with the connect already made.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,^v,^c,NA,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp20
ts8
v2634
cs167781
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.