Cortex
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 1 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪+0 no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #15,960 top 71%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #9,037 ▼6923 places down
- Last wipe
- 12d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- – no wipe seen yet
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 0 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 3000 Procedural Map · seed 574433821
- First seen
- 2 Oct 2026 no hostname published
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Wipes
newest first| 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
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ShockRust | Blue | NoLimitno group limit · 128 on average | 81/300 | ▼−44−35.1% | |
| 2 | RETRO RUST #1 Х1000|NOLIMIT|LOOT++|KIT WIPE 13.10EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 108 on average | 84/225 | ▼−11−11.7% | |
| 3 | МИНИ-КАРТА 2Х | STORM | FPS+ 10.10EU · groups of 8+ · weekly · 90 on average | 91/100 | ▪+0+0.4% | |
| 4 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 10.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 85 on average | 22/1000 | ▼−32−59.5% | |
| 5 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЯ 08.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 76 on average | 6/1000 | ▼−16−72.2% | |
| 6 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 11.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 73 on average | 20/700 | ▼−63−76.0% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageMap and Rules
What settings and rules are in place on Cortex?
No gather rate is given in the name of Cortex. Groups can contain a maximum of 8 players, the default for the game. survival is the mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. In the server browser it appears under Modded, with plugins or settings that change the game. Oxide plugins are running. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
What is the current map on Cortex?
Cortex uses a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 574433821, generated by the game. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps offers a view of it from this page.
Population
What is the rank of Cortex?
In the top 71% of all ranked servers, Cortex is #15,960 on player hours over the last seven days.
What is the population on Cortex?
0 of 1 slots on Cortex are filled right now. Average players over the last seven days: 0.
Wipe Frequency
How often does Cortex wipe?
The record holds too few of Cortex's wipes to establish its rhythm. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server. The next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 12 days 7 hours ago the current world was created.
Server Info
Where can Cortex be found?
There is no region published for Cortex. The location shown by Rust Analytics is the one a server states; it does not verify the machine's position. You can reach it at 98.142.14.57:28025.
What is the performance like on Cortex?
Server fps over the last 48 hours: 145 on average, 116 at the lowest. At its peak it held 45,763 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The memory ceiling reached 2,544 MB. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
Cortex is on which Rust version?
The version in use at Cortex: Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494, on Windows. The protocol has to match for you to join, and Steam applies that update.
How reliable is Cortex and is it currently online?
The server is live: Cortex is online. Its own uptime figure dates the last restart to roughly 7 days 18 hours ago. 7 full days have passed with 100% uptime, 168 of 168 hours. The earliest Rust Analytics saw it was 2 October 2026.
Tags & Filters
How should you interpret the tags on Cortex?
Published by Cortex for the game's server browser to read: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in its vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team: the default setting, unchanged; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the network layer the game ships with; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: the game is changed by plugins or settings. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
Cortex appears in which of the lists and filters on Rust Analytics?
On Rust Analytics, Cortex matches these lists: Modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Connection
What steps do I take to join Cortex?
The console route: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025. The page's Launch Rust button opens Rust through Steam and connects you instead.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.