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Skepticals Server

Online, with 0 of 10 players on; ranked #6,480 of every public Rust server, the top 29%. It last wiped 25d ago.

Filed under monthly wipes vanillamoddedcarbonpve
Launch Rust and join
0/ 10 players now 0% full
07-day averagepeak 3
#6,480ranktop 29%
25d agolast wipemonthly schedule
7d 2hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.

AveragePeak
00.511.5217:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.

05010015020017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Note: 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 21 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

The standings

Rank

Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k21 Sep28 Sep8 Oct15 Oct22 Oct29 Oct

Note: Top 29% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Force wipes only.

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

2 wipe-day peak players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  1. 7d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 35d 2hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 45 hours in.

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 04:21 UTC25d ago 2 – running 0

Note: 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 short version

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe days

What should you expect on wipe day at Skepticals Server?

The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 45 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.

On what schedule does Skepticals Server wipe?

The only wipe on Skepticals Server is the monthly force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 25 days 11 hours have passed since its current world was created. Wipes run monthly, as its tags say.

About the server

Does Skepticals Server hold a steady frame rate?

Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 82, with a floor of 38. The world held a peak of 69,888 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 2,721 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are what players experience as lag.

What Rust version is live on Skepticals Server?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Skepticals Server runs. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.

How reliable is Skepticals Server, and is it up at the moment?

At the time of this check Skepticals Server is online. Going by the uptime figure it gives, its last restart was around 2 hours ago. It spent 154 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 92% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 21 September 2026.

Where does Skepticals Server run from?

There is no region published for Skepticals Server. Rust Insights takes the location from what a server says about itself; no check is made of where the machine stands. Connect through 15.204.209.102:28018.

Server tags

How should you read the tags listed for Skepticals Server?

When the game's server browser reads Skepticals Server, it finds these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla survival is the mode; mp10 (Max players): The slot count is 10; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: 8 per team at most; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game as shipped: rates, kits and rules are unchanged; ^p (PvE): There is no player fighting; the world itself is the danger; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon is the plugin framework in use. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.

Who is behind Skepticals Server?

Among the servers we track, only Skepticals Server uses this cravemc.net hostname.

On which Rust Insights lists does Skepticals Server appear?

These Rust Insights lists include Skepticals Server: Modded Rust servers, explained and Rust PvE servers, live. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Population history

What does the population of Skepticals Server look like?

Skepticals Server shows 0 players at the moment, against 10 slots. The seven-day average is 0 players, and the highest point in that week was 3. Look at the last 48 hours and the peak hour is 19:00 UTC, at 2 players on average.

In the ranking of Rust servers, where does Skepticals Server place?

The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts Skepticals Server at #6,480, among the top 29% of all ranked servers.

Settings and rules

How is Skepticals Server configured, and what rules apply?

The name of Skepticals Server does not state a gather rate. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default in the game. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. It is a Modded entry: plugins or settings modify the game. Carbon is the plugin count it runs. Calling itself vanilla, it gives this meaning: facepunch's game as shipped: rates, kits and rules are unchanged. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.

What is the map on Skepticals Server?

Size 3,500 and seed 539490430 define the procedural map on Skepticals Server, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map.

Connecting

What is the way to join Skepticals Server?

To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 15.204.209.102:28018 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^v,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Vanilla survival is the mode.
mp10
Max players The slot count is 10.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: 8 per team at most.
v2635
Protocol Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it.
$r?
Region code The region code field is empty.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game as shipped: rates, kits and rules are unchanged.

Gameplay

^p
PvE There is no player fighting; the world itself is the danger.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon is the plugin framework in use.

Note: 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.