The Carnivorous Cactus

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Carnivorous Cactus, reached at 45.59.162.29:28080 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 0 of 50 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 1¹. It ranks #11,360 of all servers, the top 51%, and #1335 in NA. It last wiped 26d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsmonthly wipes modded carbon

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	0/50	0% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	0	peak 1, 48 h peak 1
Rank²	#11,360	top 51%; #1335 in NA
Last wipe	26d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	7d 23h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak

Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory⁴. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

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Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 51% of all ranked servers, the top 72% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 23h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Usual gap	17.8 days	between real wipes
Wipe-day peak	1	players, last three wipes
Crowd held	0%	else halves by day 1

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	7d 23h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	35d 23h	force wipefw

Fri 2 OctMon 14 Sep

Figure 4: 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.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Fri 2 Oct, 18:1026d ago	0	–	running	0
Mon 14 Sep, 22:1243d ago	2	halved by day 1	17.8 d	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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of The Carnivorous Cactus — Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3500, seed 108205031. Open on RustMaps.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`45.59.162.29:28080`
Region	NA
Max players	50
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	2 Oct 2026, 18:10 UTC
Hostname	–
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	3500
Seed	108205031

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North American Rust servers [2], browse modded Rust servers [3] and upcoming Rust wipes [4].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
[NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo MonthlyNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 15 on average	8/175
Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvPNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average	6/90
Made in Quebec & France! QC FR EN (Website 9 Languages)NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 4 on average	3/1000
Testing GroundsNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 2 on average	5/15
Pine Hosting - Rust ServerNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average	0/50
Apocrypha-Linux \| PvE \| PvPNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 1 on average	2/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1How well does The Carnivorous Cactus run?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 60 server fps, with a low of 58. The highest number of entities it carried was 79,011, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 2,513 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2What location does The Carnivorous Cactus have?

In North America, according to its own listing, The Carnivorous Cactus appears with the NA tag. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 45.59.162.29:28080.

A.3What is the reliability of The Carnivorous Cactus, and is it online?

The Carnivorous Cactus is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 6 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on The Carnivorous Cactus?

The version of Rust on The Carnivorous Cactus is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, and the operating system is Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does The Carnivorous Cactus wipe?

The only wipe for The Carnivorous Cactus is the monthly force wipe. This server's next wipe coincides with the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which affects all Rust servers. The current world has been running for 26 days 1 hours. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6How would you describe wipe day on The Carnivorous Cactus?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half its peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. In the other cases, the population fell below half by day 1.

Player count

A.7How does The Carnivorous Cactus compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives The Carnivorous Cactus #11,360, in the top 51% of ranked servers and #1,335 in North America.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on The Carnivorous Cactus?

The current population of The Carnivorous Cactus is 0, drawn from 50 slots. Over the last week the count averages 0 players and reaches 1 at its height. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 21:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.

Tags and filters

A.9What is the meaning of the tags on The Carnivorous Cactus?

Tags from The Carnivorous Cactus, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^z (Modded): The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon; NA (North America): The server browser lists this server under North America. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can The Carnivorous Cactus be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include The Carnivorous Cactus: Modded Rust servers and North American server statistics. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Rules, settings, map

A.11What are the settings and rules that govern The Carnivorous Cactus?

No gather rate appears in the name of The Carnivorous Cactus. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as survival, the game mode is gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Players may raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it as Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are running. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12On which map does The Carnivorous Cactus take place?

Generated by the game from seed 108205031, the procedural map on The Carnivorous Cactus measures 3,500. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

How to join

A.13What steps are required to join The Carnivorous Cactus?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 45.59.162.29:28080. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
`mp50`	Max players. 50 slots are available.
`ts8`	Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
`v2635`	Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
`cs168909`	Build. The game build is 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
`$r?`	Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Mods and access
`^z`	Modded. The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded.
`^y`	Carbon. Plugins run through Carbon.
Region
`NA`	North America. The server browser lists this server under North America.

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.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. North American Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Browse modded Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.