A1559/ 600 players
Community#6,163
Cheese
Online 157.85.89.204:24358 checked 6m ago
players now0of 3 slots
7-day average0peak 3
rank#6,163top 28%
last wipe · restocked2d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–too few wipes seen yet
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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 12 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestRankRank in region
Top 28% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
3wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in, with 1 in the queue.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12 Oct, 03:21 UTC2d ago | 3+1 queue | – | running | 2 |
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.
Also on the shelf
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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Cheese?
The server browser reads these tags that Cheese publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp3 (Max players): The cap is 3; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs167398 (Build): Build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find Cheese in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Cheese: Community Rust servers in stock. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on Cheese?
Cheese runs a procedural map of size 2,500 with seed 50000, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Which settings and rules apply on Cheese?
There is no gather rate in the name Cheese. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. In the server browser it is listed under Community, being a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
What location is Cheese in?
You will find no region published for Cheese. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. The endpoint is 157.85.89.204:24358.
How reliable is Cheese, and is it online now?
The shelves show Cheese in stock and online right now. The uptime counter points to a restart about 2 days 10 hours ago. Over the last 1 full day it was up 100% of the time, 24 of 24 hours. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 12 October 2026.
How well does Cheese perform?
Over the last 48 hours the average server fps was 236, with a low of 225. Up to 30,227 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. At most it drew 3,313 MB of memory. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.
What Rust version does Cheese run?
On Linux, Cheese is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
Where does Cheese sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Cheese ranks #6,163 on player hours, among the top 28% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on Cheese?
Cheese is carrying 0 players on 3 slots at the moment. The seven-day average is 0, and the busiest point reached 3. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 18:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.
Wipe schedule
When does Cheese wipe?
The wipes of Cheese on record are too few to show its rhythm. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 2 days 12 hours ago.
What can you expect on Cheese when wipe day comes?
An average of 3 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. After 0 hours on the latest wipe the crowd peaked, and 1 more waited.
Join the server
What is the way to join Cheese?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 157.85.89.204:24358. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp3
Max players The cap is 3.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version.
cs167398
Build Build 167398.
ptrak
Networking The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.
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.