Offline NA 74.79.73.121:28015 checked 10d ago
[US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 20 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers, top 84% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Next wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 14h The force wipe
ResultsWipes
newest first| 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.
About the server
Is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | online, and how reliable is it?
Offline right now, with a last sighting 10 days 1 hours ago: [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |. The last 7 full days put it at 0 of 168 hours up, 0% uptime. On 17 October 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Which Rust version is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows: that is the setup at [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | located?
The NA tag on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | puts it in North America. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. 74.79.73.121:28015 is the address.
Server tags
What do the server tags on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | mean?
Tags published by [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival as standard; mp20 (Max players): It holds 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634: join only if your game matches that version; cs167781 (Build): The game build here is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe comes once a month, with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: it's the game as Facepunch ships it; ^c (Creative): It's a creative sandbox, so you build what you like without gathering; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework is Carbon; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
You will find [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | on the following Rust Player Stats lists: 5x Rust servers, live and ranked, Modded Rust servers, live, Build and creative servers, live, Rust creative servers, live and North America Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
Map and rules
Which map is running on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
The procedural map on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | is size 4,500, generated by the game from seed 1337. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here. Read the map name off the board: Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
The name says it: 5x gather on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. It plays as build & creative, building in a sandbox, no gathering. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. Plugins in use: Carbon. Its self-description is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: it's the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
What is the population on [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | at the moment?
The board shows [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | offline, last seen 10 days 1 hours ago.
Where does [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE | has logged enough player hours for #15,297, which puts it in the top 69% of ranked servers and at #1,562 in North America.
Wipe schedule
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. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes, and that is its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 26 days 5 hours ago. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Joining the server
How do I join [US] Skippy's Test Lab | 5x | PVE |?
In the Rust console (F1) type client.connect 74.79.73.121:28015. Alternatively, Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and drops you straight in.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished 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.