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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,940habitat unknownfirst seen 21 Sep 2026

Skepticals Server

Online 15.204.209.102:28018 checked 11m ago

monthly wipes vanillamoddedcarbonpve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#6,940
top 31%
Last wipe
25d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
6d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5220:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k21 Sep28 Sep8 Oct15 Oct22 Oct29 Oct

Top 31% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 23h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
34d 23h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

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

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

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

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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Skepticals Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Skepticals Server places at #6,940, within the top 31% of ranked servers.

How busy is Skepticals Server?

The count reads 0 players on Skepticals Server, which has 10 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 3. Look at the last 48 hours and 01:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Skepticals Server mean?

These are the tags Skepticals Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Who runs Skepticals Server?

The cravemc.net hostname Skepticals Server publishes appears on no other server we track.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Skepticals Server?

These Rust Population lists include Skepticals Server: Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: 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.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Skepticals Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 45 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Skepticals Server?

Skepticals Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 25 days 14 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does Skepticals Server run?

Skepticals Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 539490430. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Skepticals Server?

Nothing in Skepticals Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. pve is what it runs, no player combat. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. The server describes itself as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Skepticals Server run?

On Linux, Skepticals Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Skepticals Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 83 server fps, with 38 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 69,888, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,721 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Skepticals Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Skepticals Server online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 5 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 154 of 168 hours were online, or 92%. On 21 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Skepticals Server located?

A region is not published by Skepticals Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 15.204.209.102:28018.

Getting in

How do I join Skepticals Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 15.204.209.102:28018. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

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.