Cortex
98.142.14.57:28025 checked 9m ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 2 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Population
How busy is Cortex?
The current population of Cortex is 0 out of 1 slots. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
How does Cortex rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, Cortex holds rank #15,922 and is in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Cortex?
Too few wipes are on record for Cortex to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. 12 days 22 hours ago the current world was made.
Server details
Is Cortex online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Cortex is up and online. It reports an uptime that puts the last restart at about 8 days 9 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 144 of 168 hours, or 86% of the time. The earliest record When Is Wipe has is 2 October 2026.
Performance of Cortex: does it run smoothly?
Over the past 48 hours, it averaged 143 server fps, with a minimum of 109. Buildings, deployables and other world objects pushed the entity count as high as 45,751. It went as high as 2,783 MB of memory. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does Cortex run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what Cortex runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Cortex located?
For Cortex, no region is published. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. You can reach it at 98.142.14.57:28025.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include Cortex? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists Cortex fits are: Best modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Cortex mean?
gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): Capacity is 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version; cs166494 (Build): This server runs build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section are the tags Cortex publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does Cortex enforce? And settings?
The name of Cortex does not state a gather rate. With the default limit, groups are limited to 8 players. gather, build and raid, as standard That is the game mode: survival. PvP and raiding are enabled. It is in the Modded section: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does Cortex run?
The map on Cortex is procedural, size 3,000, seed 574433821, created by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
Join
How do I join Cortex?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla- Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp1- Max players Capacity is 1 slots.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: to join, your game must match this version.
cs166494- Build This server runs build 166494.
ptrak- Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default.
$r?- Region code No region code has been set.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
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.