The Carnivorous Cactus
Online NA 45.59.162.29:28080 checked 7m ago
Measurements
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 47% of all ranked servers, top 70% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 18:10 UTC25d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Mon 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does The Carnivorous Cactus rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days The Carnivorous Cactus is #10,379, #1,304 in North America, placing it in the top 47% of ranked servers.
How busy is The Carnivorous Cactus?
The count reads 0 players on The Carnivorous Cactus, which has 50 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 21:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Carnivorous Cactus mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Carnivorous Cactus publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Carnivorous Cactus?
On Rust Population, The Carnivorous Cactus is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on The Carnivorous Cactus?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 1 when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The Carnivorous Cactus?
The force wipe is the only wipe The Carnivorous Cactus takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 25 days 4 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Settings
Which map does The Carnivorous Cactus run?
The Carnivorous Cactus uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 108205031. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on The Carnivorous Cactus?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: The Carnivorous Cactus states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does The Carnivorous Cactus run?
On Windows, The Carnivorous Cactus runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does The Carnivorous Cactus run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 60 server fps, with a low of 59. Entities peaked at 78,352, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,666 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Is The Carnivorous Cactus online, and how reliable is it?
The Carnivorous Cactus is up and running at the moment. About 10 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Carnivorous Cactus located?
By its NA tag, The Carnivorous Cactus says it is in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 45.59.162.29:28080.
Getting in
How do I join The Carnivorous Cactus?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 45.59.162.29:28080; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.