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CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests

Online EU 138.201.33.101:28015 checked 9m ago

5x biweekly wipes moddedoxidepve
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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 77 slots 1% full −2−71%against this time yesterday
7-day average6peak 18
Rank#1,299top 6% · #533 in EU
RegionEUEU · group 8, the default
Last wipe14d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe6d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0510152004:0013:0023:0008:0017:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020004:0013:0023:0008:0017:0002:00

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

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 6% of all ranked servers, top 18% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

6.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
26
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 7.5

Coming wipes

6d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
13d 14hThu 12 Nov, 18:00 UTC
27d 14hThu 26 Nov, 18:00 UTC
34d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
41d 14hThu 10 Dec, 18:00 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctFri 18 Sep
010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 26, 47 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 15 Oct, 18:00 UTC14d ago 26 – running 10
Thu 1 Oct, 18:34 UTC FW28d ago 27 halved by day 11 14 days 2
Fri 18 Sep, 22:13 UTC41d ago 24 halved by day 4 12.8 days 2
Fri 18 Sep, 13:03 UTC41d ago 19 – 0.4 days 7
Thu 17 Sep, 20:00 UTC42d ago 19 – 0.7 days 1

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 interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests?

CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests and 2 other servers we track publish a cobaltcove.io hostname, which points to one operator behind them.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests?

You'll find CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: The 5x scene, live, European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Gather rate: 5x.

What do the server tags on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests mean?

These are the tags CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp77 (Max players): Slots: 77; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks it wipes; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests rank against other Rust servers?

CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests takes #1,299 on seven-day player hours, a top 6% spot overall and #533 across Europe.

How many players are on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests right now?

The current tally at CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests: 1 players across 77 slots. Peak for the week was 18, against an average of 6 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 12 players.

About the server

Is CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 13 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 88 server fps, with a low of 56. At its peak it held 214,234 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 6,494 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests located?

In Europe, CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests lists itself with its EU tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 138.201.33.101:28015.

Which Rust version is CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests on?

On Windows, CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 26 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 47 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 7.5.

What is the wipe schedule on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests?

Too few wipes are recorded on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests to confirm its schedule, so its tag drives the prediction. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 14 days 9 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe every two weeks is what its tags promise.

Map and rules

Which map does CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests run?

Generated by the game with seed 18072024, the map on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests is procedural and 4,500 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests?

Gather comes at 5x on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests, according to its name. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests?

Enter client.connect 138.201.33.101:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://cobaltcove.io.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp77,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,EU,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp77
Max players Slots: 77.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks it wipes.

Gameplay

^p
PvE No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is under Europe.

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.