Online 73.153.110.219:3003 checked 14m ago
Cheese Server
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 40 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 32% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 4 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 23:42 UTC26d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is Cheese Server online, and how reliable is it?
The lights are on at Cheese Server: online as you read this. 167 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Which Rust version is Cheese Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux: that is the setup at Cheese Server. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is Cheese Server located?
Nothing on Cheese Server states a region. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. The address you connect to is 73.153.110.219:3003.
Server tags
What do the server tags on Cheese Server mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): The cap is 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Game protocol 2635: join only if your game matches that version; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set are the tags Cheese Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Cheese Server?
You will find Cheese Server on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Community servers, ranked live. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Map and rules
Which map is running on Cheese Server?
The game generates the procedural map on Cheese Server.
What are the rules and settings on Cheese Server?
The name of Cheese Server does not say what the gather rate is. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Community is its server browser category. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Live counts
How full is Cheese Server right now?
Out of 40 slots, 0 are taken on Cheese Server at this moment. The seven-day average sits at 0 players; the peak reached 1.
Where does Cheese Server sit in the rankings?
Ranked #7,251 on seven-day player hours, Cheese Server is in the top 32% of all ranked servers.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on Cheese Server?
The record holds too few of Cheese Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now was made 26 days 16 hours ago.
What does wipe day look like on Cheese Server?
2 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. 4 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe.
How to join
How do I join Cheese Server?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 73.153.110.219:3003. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
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.