A Rust PVE
that stays dangerous
Challenging, not frustrating.
Search Survivors Cove in the Rust server browser.
client.connect play.survivorscove.comPaste it into the F1 console in Rust.
Server info
PVE only
Other players can't kill you or raid your base. Trap bases and stealing are allowed (lock your base/stuff!).
Monthly wipe
Every first Thursday, with Rust's force wipe. Blueprints reset every other wipe.
Progressive 2x
You start at vanilla 1x gather rates and earn your 2x and instant crafting as you level up.
Solo friendly
Play alone or with friends. Made for the ones with a job and 1-3 hours to play.
Our Vision
Most PVE servers are easy, and that gets boring by the second week. Survivor's Cove adds danger where vanilla Rust relies on other players to supply it, plus enough to do that it doesn't get repetitive. We want the wipe to still be worth logging into in week four.
What's In The Cove
Custom AI
Monuments are guarded by harder NPCs than vanilla, and places that sit empty on a PVP server have enemies here.
Raidable bases
Over 200 NPC base layouts across five difficulty tiers. No counters, just the challenge of raiding them!
Convoys
Armed NPC convoys drive the roads, some with an APC and helicopter escort. Stop one and beat its escort to take the cargo. They get nastier as the wipe goes on: from day 21, half of them are nightmare convoys.
Contracts
Contracts is our own quest plugin: 89 contracts rotate hourly, daily and weekly, and 7 bigger ones run all wipe. Each one pays items, cash and Contract Score (which ranks you in the leaderboard).
Economy
You start each wipe with $1,000 and earn more from playtime, contracts, raidable bases, votes, AI kills and the drug dealer. Spend it in the shop on guns, explosives and keycards, or on vehicle licences from a bike up to an attack heli.
Lootable props
Many map props can be looted, from cash registers and fridges to toolboxes and wrecked cars, and some need their lock smashed first. Metal crates take a 5-minute hack that leaves a PIN note other players can steal.
Prestige track
Contract Score climbs a prestige track every wipe, from Castaway to Cove Legend. Each tier rewards money and gear like keycards, an AK kit, a rocket launcher or an M249, plus a chat title.
Levels
6 skills, 20 levels each: woodcutting, mining, gathering, skinning, crafting and fishing. Gathering skills raise your yield as you level, up to 2x at max, crafting gets instant crafts, and fishing a 50% chance of an extra fish.
Shorter chores
Teleports, backpacks, vehicle licences, kits and 2-minute hackable crates (15 in vanilla) cut the chores so the time goes into the game.
Drugs
If you would rather farm than raid, grow weed, cocaine, tobacco or opium and sell it to the drug dealer.
Connect
You don't need anything besides Rust. Paste the command into the F1 console.
client.connect play.survivorscove.com