The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 11,359Acc. 2026.11359
The Carnivorous Cactus
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online NA 45.59.162.29:28080 checked 10m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 14 Sep22:12 2 Oct18:10 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 28 Oct 2026, 13:20 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Fri 2 Oct 202618:10 UTC25d ago
- Peak
- 0
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 0
-
Mon 14 Sep 202622:12 UTC43d ago
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- halved by day 1
- Lasted
- 17.8 days
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 5hThu 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.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 72% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags, lists
What do the server tags on The Carnivorous Cactus mean?
You can see the tags The Carnivorous Cactus publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, runs on this server; NA (North America): Its entry in the server browser sits under North America. At the top of this page you also see the current players, the queue and when the world was made, all from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include The Carnivorous Cactus?
The Rust Server History lists that feature The Carnivorous Cactus are: Modded Rust servers: the record and North America Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server entry
Does The Carnivorous Cactus run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 60 server fps; the low was 58. As many as 78,774 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Up to 2,513 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does The Carnivorous Cactus run?
On Windows, The Carnivorous Cactus runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is The Carnivorous Cactus online, and how reliable is it?
The Carnivorous Cactus is listed as online now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 2 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were up: 100% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Carnivorous Cactus located?
With its NA tag, The Carnivorous Cactus lists itself in North America. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 45.59.162.29:28080.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on The Carnivorous Cactus?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 1 players. At 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Above half that peak until the next wipe it stayed in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 1 the crowd fell to below half when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The Carnivorous Cactus?
The Carnivorous Cactus wipes with the force wipe, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 25 days 19 hours ago its current world was made. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Player record
How does The Carnivorous Cactus rank against other Rust servers?
The Carnivorous Cactus ranks #11,359 on seven-day player hours: top 51% overall and #1,341 in North America.
How busy is The Carnivorous Cactus?
Against 50 slots, The Carnivorous Cactus records 0 players right now. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players and a peak of 1. Stored history puts the busiest hour of the past 48 at 21:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on The Carnivorous Cactus?
No gather rate is stated in the name of The Carnivorous Cactus. At 8 players, the group limit matches the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players are permitted. Under Modded in the server browser, the game is changed by plugins or settings. The plugin count is Carbon. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does The Carnivorous Cactus run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 108205031 is what The Carnivorous Cactus runs, generated by the game. One size and seed produce one map, which RustMaps can show you from this page.
Joining the server
How do I join The Carnivorous Cactus?
Enter client.connect 45.59.162.29:28080 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes 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.