Cortex
Offline 98.142.14.57:28025 checked 6d ago
Vital stats
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 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
| 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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Cortex?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Cortex: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Cortex mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Cortex: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166494 (Build): It's on game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Cortex rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Cortex at #15,338, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Cortex right now?
The last sighting of Cortex was 6 days 19 hours ago, and it is offline now. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.
About the server
Is Cortex online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Cortex was last seen 6 days 19 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 14, a 8% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 2 October 2026.
Where is Cortex located?
No region is published by Cortex. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 98.142.14.57:28025.
Which Rust version is Cortex on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 is the version Cortex runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Cortex?
The record of Cortex's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 27 days 7 hours.
The rules
Which map does Cortex run?
A procedural map of 3,000 with seed 574433821 is what Cortex runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Cortex?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Cortex. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Cortex?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.