Off air · chart position #15,351
Cortex
Offline 98.142.14.57:28025 checked 6d ago
Players
Cortex
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.
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Quick answers
About the server
Is Cortex online, and how reliable is it?
Cortex is down at the moment, having last been seen 6 days 15 hours ago. Of the past 7 full days it was running for 14 of 168 hours, or 8% of the time. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 2 October 2026.
Where is Cortex located?
No region is published by Cortex. Rust Charts shows the location a server claims, not where the machine actually is. You'll find it at 98.142.14.57:28025.
Which version of Rust does Cortex run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what Cortex runs. Steam updates your game for you; all you need is the same protocol to join.
Population
How busy is Cortex?
Cortex shows as offline now, with its last appearance 6 days 15 hours ago. Its average over the past week comes to 0 players.
How does Cortex rank against other Rust servers?
The top 69% of ranked servers includes Cortex, at #15,351 on player hours for the last week.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Cortex?
Cortex's wipe rhythm is not yet clear: too few are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and it covers every Rust server. 27 days 3 hours is how long ago its current world was made.
How it is set up
What are the rules and settings on Cortex?
You will not find a gather rate in the name Cortex. 8 players is the group limit, the default for the game. You play survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded in the server browser is where it sits; plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC is on: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map does Cortex run?
Cortex runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 574433821, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps; the same size and seed make the same map.
Tag guide
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include Cortex?
These Rust Charts lists include Cortex: Modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters 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?
These are the tags Cortex makes public, and the server browser reads them: gmvanilla (Game mode): This server runs vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): The server holds 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches that version; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494 is what runs here; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's usual one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this server under Modded. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made. You'll find them at the top of this page.
Join details
How do I join Cortex?
Enter client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025 in the console, which F1 opens once Rust is running. Launch Rust and join on this page is the other way: Rust opens through Steam and connects you.