The Carnivorous Cactus
Online NA 45.59.162.29:28080 checked 9m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 51% of all ranked servers, top 71% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 17.8 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0%else halves by day 1
Coming wipes
- in 8d 14hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 36d 14hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 OCT 2026Fri 2 Oct, 18:10 UTC25d ago |
0 | – | running | 0 |
14 SEP 2026Mon 14 Sep, 22:12 UTC43d ago |
2 | halved by day 1 | 17.8 days | 0 |
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.
Rules and settings
What settings and rules does The Carnivorous Cactus run?
The name of The Carnivorous Cactus does not state a gather rate. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Filed under plugins: Carbon. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on The Carnivorous Cactus?
Size 3,500, seed 108205031: the game generates the procedural map on The Carnivorous Cactus. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry The Carnivorous Cactus?
These lists on Rust Server Index take The Carnivorous Cactus: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style and North American Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Which tags are attached to The Carnivorous Cactus, and what do they stand for?
These are the tags The Carnivorous Cactus publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^m (Monthly): A monthly cycle: wipes fall with Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon; NA (North America): The browser files it under North America. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipes and resets
What happens on wipe day at The Carnivorous Cactus?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. The latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next wipe 0% of the time. In the other cases, numbers dropped below half by day 1.
Which wipe timetable does The Carnivorous Cactus follow?
With the force wipe, The Carnivorous Cactus wipes once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, taken by every Rust server. 25 days 10 hours is when its current world was made. Filed in its tags: a monthly wipe schedule.
Players and ranking
Where does The Carnivorous Cactus sit in the rankings?
On seven-day player hours, The Carnivorous Cactus takes #11,317 overall and #1,335 in North America, within the top 51% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Carnivorous Cactus at the moment?
The Carnivorous Cactus is currently showing 0 players on 50 slots. The seven-day average is 0 players; the peak reached 1. The busiest point in the last 48 hours was 21:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Operator and status
Which Rust build is The Carnivorous Cactus running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what you will find on The Carnivorous Cactus. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is The Carnivorous Cactus, and is it online now?
You will find The Carnivorous Cactus online as of now. Its reported uptime gives the last restart as roughly 15 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 100%, 168 hours out of 168. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 13 September 2026.
How well does The Carnivorous Cactus perform?
Averaged over the last 48 hours, server fps was 60, with a low of 59. The entity count reached 78,445, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Memory use reached as much as 2,666 MB. Lag, to players, is low fps and an entity count that climbs.
Which region is The Carnivorous Cactus in?
The NA tag places The Carnivorous Cactus, by its own listing, in North America. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 45.59.162.29:28080.
Connecting
What is the way onto The Carnivorous Cactus?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 45.59.162.29:28080. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
NA
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.