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Cortex
Offline 98.142.14.57:28025 checked 6d 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% 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
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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01MODPlayers 47/500
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02MODPlayers 134/100
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03MODPlayers 44/225
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04MODPlayers 51/700
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05MODPlayers 8/200
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06MODPlayers 6/1000
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Tracker filters and lists carry Cortex?
Modded servers, tracked live — the Rust Tracker lists that include Cortex. These filters surface it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags does Cortex carry, and what do they mean?
These tags are published by Cortex for the game's server browser to read: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla mode; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8; this is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): Build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): Network layer is RakNet, which is standard for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code: not set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework runs here: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded. At the top of this page you also get the queue, the players now and the world's creation time, all from the tags.
Wipe Schedule
Which wipe times are confirmed for Cortex?
Cortex's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few wipes on record. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe. No server is exempt. Its world went live 26 days 22 hours.
Server Details
How reliable is Cortex, and is it online now?
Tracking shows Cortex offline as of now, last seen 6 days 10 hours ago. 23% uptime over the last 7 full days, with 38 of 168 hours up. The first sighting by Rust Tracker was 2 October 2026.
What Rust version is Cortex on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 is the build on Cortex; the platform is Windows. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Where does Cortex sit?
Region: none published by Cortex. The location shown by Rust Tracker is the server's own claim; no lookup of the machine's position is made. You connect at 98.142.14.57:28025.
Population
Is Cortex busy?
Offline: Cortex, last seen 6 days 10 hours ago. Across the past seven days, 0 players on average.
How does Cortex compare in the rankings?
Top 69% of all ranked servers, and #15,349 on seven-day player hours: Cortex.
Map and Rules
Which settings and rules are confirmed on Cortex?
The name of Cortex carries no gather rate. 8 players per group is the game's default, and the cap holds. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid, as the game intends. Players can raid and fight each other here. Plugins or settings change the game, and the server browser lists it under Modded. Plugins on it: Oxide. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is confirmed for Cortex?
A procedural map of size 3,000 runs on Cortex, generated by the game from seed 574433821. Size and seed match, so the map is the same: view it on RustMaps from this page.
Connect
Which steps join Cortex?
Open the console in Rust with F1 after starting the game, then type client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025. Alternatively, Launch Rust here opens Rust via Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published 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.