Cheese
Online 157.85.89.204:24358 checked 11m ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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, measured since 12 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
- wipe-day peak
- 3players, 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
12 OCT 2026Mon 12 Oct, 03:21 UTC17d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Cheese?
No gather rate appears in the name Cheese. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. It is listed under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on Cheese?
Cheese runs a procedural map of size 2,500 with seed 50000, generated by the game. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Lists and filters
Where does Cheese appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Cheese: Community Rust servers, indexed. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for Cheese?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Cheese gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp3 (Max players): 3 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2635 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipes and resets
What happens on wipe day at Cheese?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 3 players. With 1 more in the queue, the latest wipe peaked 0 hours after the wipe.
When does Cheese wipe?
Cheese's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. Its present world dates from 17 days 1 hours.
Players and ranking
Where does Cheese sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #15,349 for Cheese on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
What does the player count on Cheese look like?
Cheese is currently showing 0 players on 3 slots. Filed under seven-day average: 0 players.
Server details
Which Rust build is Cheese running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what Cheese runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is Cheese, and is it online now?
Right now Cheese is up and running. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 2 days 11 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 99%, 167 hours out of 168. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 12 October 2026.
What is performance like on Cheese?
Server fps held at 235 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 190. The entity count reached 30,232, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. The peak memory figure stood at 2,963 MB. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
Which region is Cheese in?
No region is published by Cheese. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 157.85.89.204:24358.
Joining the server
What steps lead onto Cheese?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 157.85.89.204:24358 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp3
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.