Cortex
Offline 98.142.14.57:28025 checked 7d ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server 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.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Cortex?
The record of Cortex's wipes is not yet long enough to show a rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe resets every Rust server. 27 days 15 hours ago the server made the world it is on now.
Population
How busy is Cortex?
Last seen 7 days 3 hours ago, Cortex is offline at the moment. A seven-day average of 0 players.
How does Cortex rank against other Rust servers?
The top 69% of ranked servers includes Cortex, at #15,326 for player hours over the last seven days.
Map and rules
Which map does Cortex run?
The map on Cortex is procedural, size 3,000 with seed 574433821, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed give the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Cortex?
The name Cortex does not specify a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, which is the game's default. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Players can fight each other, and raids are allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Plugin count: Oxide. Anti-cheat: Valve's VAC is on.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Cortex run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what Cortex runs. Your game must run the same protocol to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Cortex online, and how reliable is it?
Cortex is down just now; the last sighting was 7 days 3 hours ago. It was up 14 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 8% of the time. The first record of it on Rust Heatmap is 2 October 2026.
Where is Cortex located?
A region is not published for Cortex. Rust Heatmap shows the location a server states. It does not look up the machine's location. 98.142.14.57:28025 is its address.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Cortex?
Modded Rust servers, by live population are the Rust Heatmap lists that Cortex fits. Filtering the list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more brings it up.
What do the server tags on Cortex mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Cortex publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): The vanilla survival game; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: 8 per team at most; v2634 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: game protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): This build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is changed by settings or plugins, so it sits under Modded. Players now, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags as well and appear at the top of this page.
How to join
How do I join Cortex?
Enter client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you.