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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,038habitat unknownfirst seen 15 Oct 2026

Cheeks

Offline 73.9.158.63:28015 checked 8d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 1
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,038
top 59%
Last wipe
14d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

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
15k10k15k20k15 Oct17 Oct19 Oct22 Oct24 Oct26 Oct

Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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

Player counts

How does Cheeks rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Cheeks at #13,038, within the top 59% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Cheeks?

At this count Cheeks is offline, with its last sighting 8 days 9 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Cheeks mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Cheeks publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Cheeks?

Cheeks appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Cheeks?

The record holds too few of Cheeks's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 14 days 10 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Cheeks run?

The map on Cheeks is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Cheeks?

No gather rate appears in the name of Cheeks. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 Cheeks run?

On Windows, Cheeks runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Cheeks online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Cheeks was last seen 8 days 9 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 15 October 2026.

Where is Cheeks located?

A region is not published by Cheeks. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 73.9.158.63:28015.

How to join

How do I join Cheeks?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 73.9.158.63:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp1
Max players 1 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.