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Cave Playtest

Offline 195.252.230.124:28015 checked 16d ago

Sp1 · players now 1/ 8
12% full
Li1 · players, the last 48 hours · hourly average, UTC
No hourly readings in the last 48 hours
0
7-day average
peak –
#13,821
rank
top 63%
17d ago
last wipe
no schedule published
–
next wipe
no rhythm it keeps
UTC checked 16d ago

Li2Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Li3Server 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.

Li4Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k10 Oct12 Oct14 Oct15 Oct17 Oct19 Oct

Top 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Bx1Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 12 OctSun 11 OctSat 10 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Bx2Wipes

newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 12 Oct, 14:07 UTC17d ago 1 – running 1
Sun 11 Oct, 16:44 UTC18d ago 1 – 0.9 days 0
Sat 10 Oct, 18:25 UTC19d ago 1 – 0.9 days 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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LogQuick answers

from the figures on this page

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Cave Playtest?

The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. 0 hours into the latest wipe, player numbers topped out.

What is the wipe schedule on Cave Playtest?

No next wipe can be predicted: Cave Playtest wipes when it chooses, at irregular times. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe resets every Rust server. 17 days 8 hours ago the server made the world it is on now.

Population

How busy is Cave Playtest?

The last time Cave Playtest was seen was 16 days 21 hours ago, and it is offline now.

How does Cave Playtest rank against other Rust servers?

Ranked #13,821 on seven-day player hours, Cave Playtest is in the top 63% of all ranked servers.

Settings and rules

What are the rules and settings on Cave Playtest?

No gather rate appears in the name Cave Playtest. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the limit here. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Players can fight each other, and raids are allowed. You will find it under Community in the server browser; it is a community server. Anti-cheat: Valve's VAC is on.

Location and uptime

Which version of Rust does Cave Playtest run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows is what Cave Playtest runs. To join, your game must match the protocol; Steam handles the update.

Is Cave Playtest online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment: Cave Playtest was last seen 16 days 21 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. The first record of it on Rust Heatmap is 10 October 2026.

Where is Cave Playtest located?

A region is not published for Cave Playtest. What Rust Heatmap shows is where a server says it is. Where the machine stands is not looked up. 195.252.230.124:28015 is its address.

Lists and filters

Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Cave Playtest?

Best Rust community servers are the Rust Heatmap lists that Cave Playtest fits. You will find it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Cave Playtest mean?

gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard rules; mp8 (Max players): The slot count is 8; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2634, so your game has to match it; cs167398 (Build): Build 167398; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): No region code is set are the tags Cave Playtest publishes, and the server browser reads them. The top of this page also shows the tags for players now, the queue and when the world was made.

How to join

How do I join Cave Playtest?

To join by console, open it with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 195.252.230.124:28015. Or press Launch Rust on this page, which connects you through Steam.

KeyServer tags

what each one means

Published as mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, standard rules.
mp8
Max players The slot count is 8.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2634
Protocol The server runs game protocol 2634, so your game has to match it.
cs167398
Build Build 167398.
ptrak
Networking Standard game networking here, which is RakNet.
$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.