Cortex
98.142.14.57:28025 checked 11m 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
Top 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
| 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
Player Numbers
Where does Cortex sit in the rankings?
Rank #15,903 over the last seven days in player hours: Cortex, inside the top 72% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Cortex?
Cortex: 0 players now, with 1 slots available. The average player count over the last seven days is 0.
Tags and Filters
Cortex tags: what do they indicate?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Cortex: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla survival gameplay; mp1 (Max players): Slot count is 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): Game build number: 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter gameplay. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue and when its world was made, taken from the tags.
Cortex in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Cortex are: Best 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Details
What Rust version is Cortex on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what Cortex uses. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is the performance on Cortex smooth?
Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 143, with a low of 116. Buildings, deployables and the rest of the world accounted for up to 45,751 entities. The maximum memory used was 2,578 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and entity count climbs.
How reliable is Cortex and is it online?
At the moment, Cortex is up. According to its reported uptime, the last restart was about 8 days 4 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. On 2 October 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
What is the location of Cortex?
There is no region published by Cortex. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. You can reach it at 98.142.14.57:28025.
Settings & Map
Cortex map: which one is it?
On Cortex, the map is procedural, size 3,000 with seed 574433821, generated by the game. The map can be viewed on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed fix it.
What are the settings and rules for Cortex?
A gather rate is not given in the name Cortex. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. The Modded section of the browser holds it: plugins or settings apply. Oxide plugins are used. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Cycle
Cortex wipe schedule: what does it show?
The record holds too few wipes for Cortex to show a rhythm. A force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, takes every Rust server with it. The current world has been running since 12 days 17 hours.
Connect
How can I connect to Cortex?
Enter client.connect 98.142.14.57:28025 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla- Game mode Vanilla survival gameplay.
mp1- Max players Slot count is 1.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2634- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166494- Build Game build number: 166494.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z- Modded The Modded category applies; plugins or settings alter gameplay.
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.