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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,978NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

5X Inventor - Challenging PVE

Online NA 157.85.86.162:25235 checked 8m ago

5x biweekly wipes moddedoxidepve

Measurements

Players now
0/ 150
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#11,978
top 54% · #1372 in NA
Last wipe
5d ago
biweekly schedule
Next wipe
8d 10h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123409:0018:0003:0013:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020009:0018:0003:0013:0022:0007:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 54% of all ranked servers, top 73% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence

13.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

8d 10h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
22d 8h
Thu 19 Nov, 16:33 UTC
36d 10h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctSat 3 OctSun 20 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 26 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 16:33 UTC5d ago 1 – running 0
Sat 3 Oct, 17:56 UTC24d ago 0 – 18.9 days 0
Sun 20 Sep, 12:57 UTC37d ago 1 halved by day 2 13.2 days 0
Fri 18 Sep, 12:39 UTC39d ago 0 – 2 days 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

Population

How does 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE is #11,978, #1,372 in North America, placing it in the top 54% of ranked servers.

How busy is 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE?

The count reads 0 players on 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE, which has 150 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE mean?

What the game's server browser reads from 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp150 (Max players): 150 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks the server wipes; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE?

5X Inventor - Challenging PVE appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 5x Rust server population, Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; 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 week; Gather rate: 5x.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 26 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 2 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE?

Its tag sets the prediction: too few of 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 5 days 15 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags set out a wipe schedule of one wipe every two weeks.

Settings

Which map does 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE run?

The map on 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 28103. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE?

The name says it: gathering is multiplied 5x on 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get pve here, no player combat. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE run?

On Linux, 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 121 server fps, with 101 as the lowest. The entity count reached 98,501: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 6,806 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE online, and how reliable is it?

5X Inventor - Challenging PVE is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days 15 hours ago. It was up 82% of the time over the last 7 full days, 138 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE located?

With its NA tag, 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE places itself in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 157.85.86.162:25235 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join 5X Inventor - Challenging PVE?

Either enter client.connect 157.85.86.162:25235 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,NA,^p,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp150
Max players 150 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks the server wipes.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.