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Cheese Server

Online 73.153.110.219:3003 checked 7m ago

players now0of 40 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,923top 72%
last wipe · restocked12d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–too few wipes seen yet

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0019:0005:0014:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

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.

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct

Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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.

2wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 4 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 23:42 UTC12d ago 2 – 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.

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Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags & lists

How should you read the tags on Cheese Server?

gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp40 (Max players): 40 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166652 (Build): It runs on build 166652; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank is what Cheese Server tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.

Where does Cheese Server appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?

The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Cheese Server are: Community Rust servers in stock. These filters bring it up 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 2 weeks.

Map and rules

Which map is currently on Cheese Server?

Generated by the game, the map on Cheese Server is procedural.

What rules does Cheese Server enforce, and what settings does it run?

There is no gather rate in the name Cheese Server. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. You play survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. In the server browser it is listed under Community, being a community server. VAC is on.

Server info

What is the location of Cheese Server?

You will find no region published for Cheese Server. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 73.153.110.219:3003.

What is the uptime like on Cheese Server?

The shelves show Cheese Server in stock and online right now. 144 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 86% uptime. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.

What Rust version does Cheese Server run?

The setup: Cheese Server on Linux, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.

Player count

How does Cheese Server compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?

Over the last seven days Cheese Server ranks #15,923 on player hours, among the top 72% of all ranked servers.

What is the current player count on Cheese Server?

You will find 0 players filling 40 slots in Cheese Server as things stand. The seven-day average stands at 0 players.

Wipe info

When does Cheese Server wipe?

Too few wipes of Cheese Server are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 12 days ago.

What happens on Cheese Server on wipe day?

An average of 2 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 4 hours after the wipe.

Join the server

What steps do you take to join Cheese Server?

Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 73.153.110.219:3003. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, the standard way.
mp40
Max players 40 player slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in.
cs166652
Build It runs on build 166652.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.