Cortex
Online 98.142.14.57:28025 checked 14m 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 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
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
- 17/ 100
- 212/ 400
- 176/ 225
- 122/ 100
- 253/ 1000
- 21/ 700
Quick answers
Tags and listings
Where does Cortex appear in Rust Going Deep lists and filters?
These Rust Going Deep lists include Cortex: Modded Rust servers. You can find it on the server list by these filters: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What's the meaning of the tags on Cortex?
gmvanilla (Game mode): It's vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): There are 1 slots on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): This server runs game protocol 2634, so your game must match that version to join; cs166494 (Build): The build number is 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): No region is set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The Modded category fits: plugins or settings are in play — that is the tag list Cortex puts out for the game's server browser. The tags carry its player count right now, its queue and the world's age, and all three are displayed up top.
Server details
How well does Cortex perform?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 108 server fps, never dropping below 36. The entity count reached a high of 45,798, covering buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,059 MB. A climbing entity count together with low fps is what feels like lag to players.
What's the location of Cortex?
There is no published region for Cortex. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Going Deep shows — no lookup of the machine's real spot. You can reach it at 98.142.14.57:28025.
How reliable is Cortex?
Right now Cortex is online. Its reported uptime shows a restart about 11 days 18 hours ago. Over the past full 7 days it stayed up for 168 of 168 hours, or 100%. Rust Going Deep has had it on record since 2 October 2026.
What is the Rust version for Cortex?
The version on Cortex is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494, on Windows. The protocol must match to join; Steam will update your game.
Wipe schedule
When does Cortex wipe?
The wipes recorded for Cortex are too few to reveal its rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the monthly force wipe, with Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC as the next date. 16 days 7 hours is how long ago this world came into being.
Settings and map
What settings are in place on Cortex?
Its name does not state a gather rate for Cortex. Up to 8 players per group, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. In the server browser it sits under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running here. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is active.
What's the map on Cortex?
The map on Cortex is procedural and size 3,000, generated by the game with seed 574433821. You can see it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map.
Player stats
What's the population like on Cortex?
Out of 1 slots, 0 are filled on Cortex right now. The seven-day average for players here is 0.
What position does Cortex hold in the server rankings?
Over the last seven days, Cortex is #15,843 by player hours, among the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Join info
How do you get into Cortex?
Use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025.