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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,213EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

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

Online EU 138.201.33.101:28015 checked 9m ago

5x biweekly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
6/ 77
= 1 player
8% full
7-day average
6
peak 19
Rank
#1,213
top 5% · #493 in EU
Last wipe
12d ago
biweekly schedule
Next wipe
1d 23h
Thu 29 Oct, 18:00 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0510152019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020019:0004:0013:0023:0008:0017:00

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 17 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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 5% of all ranked servers, top 17% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 18:00 UTC, in 1d 23h. Its biweekly schedule tag · low 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

1d 23h
Thu 29 Oct, 18:00 UTC
9d 0h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
15d 23h
Thu 12 Nov, 18:00 UTC
29d 23h
Thu 26 Nov, 18:00 UTC
37d 0h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
43d 23h
Thu 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.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 15 Oct, 18:00 UTC12d ago 26 – running 10
Thu 1 Oct, 18:34 UTC FW26d ago 27 halved by day 11 14 days 2
Fri 18 Sep, 22:13 UTC38d ago 24 halved by day 4 12.8 days 2
Fri 18 Sep, 13:03 UTC39d ago 19 – 0.4 days 7
Thu 17 Sep, 20:00 UTC39d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

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

Seven-day player hours put CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests at #1,213, or #493 in Europe, inside the top 5% of all ranked servers.

How busy is CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests?

Of its 77 slots, CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests is using 6 right now. We counted an average of 6 players in the past week, with 19 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 19:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 10 players.

Tags

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

What the game's server browser reads from CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp77 (Max players): 77 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^b (Biweekly): The server wipes on a two-week cycle; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

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

A cobaltcove.io hostname comes from CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests and from 2 other servers we track, which suggests one operator runs them all.

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

CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 5x Rust server population, Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted and PvE servers, counted. Filter the server list by 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Gather rate: 5x and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 26 players. Peak came 47 hours into the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 7.5 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.

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

Its tag sets the prediction: too few of CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Thursday 29 October at 18:00 UTC its next wipe is due. The world it runs now dates from 12 days ago. The tags carry an every-two-weeks wipe schedule.

Map and rules

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

CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 18072024. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

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

You gather at 5x on CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests, to judge by the name. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. pve is what it runs, no player combat. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests run?

On Windows, CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

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

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 71 server fps, with a low of 4. The entity count reached 214,910: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 6,279 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

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

You will find CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests online now. About 5 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

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

With its EU tag, CobaltCove.io PvE x5 | Skills | Bots | Raid Bases | Quests places itself in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 138.201.33.101:28015.

How to join

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

Either enter client.connect 138.201.33.101:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://cobaltcove.io.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp77
Max players 77 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly The server wipes on a two-week cycle.

Gameplay

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.