Players
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |
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 5h. 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.
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Quick answers
Server details
Is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | online, and how reliable is it?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is down at the moment, having last been seen 10 days 10 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours is what it managed over the past 7 full days, 0% of the time. Rust Charts has tracked it since 17 October 2026.
Where is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | located?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | gives its location as North America, using the NA tag. Rust Charts doesn't look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You'll find it at 74.79.73.121:28015.
Which version of Rust does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | runs. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update.
Population
How busy is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Last seen 10 days 10 hours ago, [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is currently offline.
How does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours for the past week, [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is #15,297: top 69% overall and #1,562 in North America.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
The estimate for [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |'s next wipe comes from the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and that is its next wipe. The world in play was made 26 days 14 hours. The tags state a monthly wipe schedule.
Rules and world
What are the rules and settings on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
A gather rate of 5x is what [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | advertises in its name. Up to 8 players per group, as the game sets by default. build & creative is the game mode, no gathering, just sandbox building. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded. You will find Carbon plugins running. Vanilla is its own label: nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are all Facepunch's own. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | run?
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game. Since the same size and seed give the same map, this page links to it on RustMaps. The name of the map is: Custom Map.
Tags explained
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
These Rust Charts lists include [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |: Best 5x Rust servers, Modded Rust servers, Rust build servers, Rust creative servers and Region: North America. On the server list, these filters put it in view: 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 sees these tags from [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): It has 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to get in; cs167781 (Build): This server reports build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): One wipe a month, together with the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are all Facepunch's own; ^c (Creative): No gathering here; it is creative, so build as you please; ^z (Modded): This one is modded, so plugins or settings alter play; ^y (Carbon): Carbon serves as the plugin framework; NA (North America): North America is where the server browser lists it. At the top of this page you'll see the tags' extra details: players now, the queue, and the age of the world.
How to join
How do I join [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 74.79.73.121:28015. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
