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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,269habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

CheeseMail

Online 73.38.73.143:28015 checked 11m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,269
top 69%
Last wipe
16d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123403:0012:0022:0006:0015:0000:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 13 Oct, 22:40 UTC16d ago 0 – running 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does CheeseMail rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,269 for player hours, which puts CheeseMail in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is CheeseMail?

CheeseMail holds 0 players at the moment, out of 5 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on CheeseMail mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags CheeseMail publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include CheeseMail?

On Rust Population, CheeseMail is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on CheeseMail?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on CheeseMail?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of CheeseMail's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 16 days 3 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does CheeseMail run?

CheeseMail uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on CheeseMail?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: CheeseMail states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does CheeseMail run?

On Linux, CheeseMail runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is CheeseMail online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, CheeseMail is online. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is CheeseMail located?

A region is not published by CheeseMail. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 73.38.73.143:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join CheeseMail?

Either enter client.connect 73.38.73.143:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.