Online98.142.14.57:28025checked 11m ago
Cortex
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 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
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
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from the figures on this pageRules and settings
Which rules govern Cortex?
The name of Cortex does not state a gather rate. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. The server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded, with plugins or settings that alter the game. Plugins: Oxide. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
What is the map on Cortex?
Cortex runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 574433821, generated by the game. You can see it on RustMaps from this page, because the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags, lists and filters
Where can Cortex be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
The Rust Player Count lists that Cortex fits are: Modded Rust servers. You can find it on the server list using these filters: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
How should you interpret the tags on Cortex?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Cortex: gmvanilla (Game mode): Unmodified survival gameplay; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, which is what the game sets by default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): It runs on game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays. At the top of this page, its tags show its current players, queue and world creation time as well.
Player numbers
What is the player count on Cortex?
With 1 slots, Cortex has 0 players at the moment. The average player count for the past seven days is 0.
Where does Cortex sit in the rankings?
Cortex is in the top 72% of all ranked servers with a rank of #15,892 for player hours over the past seven days.
Server information
What is the uptime and reliability of Cortex?
Right now, Cortex is up. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 8 days 5 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 168 of 168 hours, which is 100% uptime. 2 October 2026 is when Rust Player Count first saw it.
What is the Rust version for Cortex?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what Cortex uses. The protocol has to match for you to join, but Steam updates it without any action from you.
What region does Cortex serve?
No region is published by Cortex. Rust Player Count displays the location a server claims, not the physical location of the machine. You can reach it at 98.142.14.57:28025.
What is the performance like on Cortex?
Over the last 48 hours, the average server fps was 143, and it never dropped below 116. Up to 45,751 entities were present, including buildings, deployables and other world objects. Peak memory use was 2,578 MB. What players perceive as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Wipe days
How often does Cortex wipe?
Too few wipes are recorded for Cortex to reveal its pattern. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next monthly force wipe arrives, wiping every Rust server. The present world dates from 12 days 18 hours ago.
How to join
What steps are needed to join Cortex?
To get in, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025. You can also click Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and brings you onto the server.
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.