cave testing
Online 104.193.180.33:25565 checked 8m 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. 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
- 0players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 OCT 2026Sat 3 Oct, 08:06 UTC26d ago |
0 | – | 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.
Settings and map
On cave testing, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name cave testing. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
What is the map on cave testing?
cave testing runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Tags and filters
Where does cave testing appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is cave testing: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for cave testing?
Filed under these tags, as published by cave testing and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp8 (Max players): Player cap: 8; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe schedule
How does a wipe day run on cave testing?
Its recent wipes averaged 0 players at peak. The latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
How often is cave testing wiped, and on what schedule?
cave testing's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its present world dates from 26 days 10 hours.
Player counts
Where does cave testing sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #15,310 for cave testing on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
Is cave testing quiet or crowded?
cave testing is currently showing 0 players on 8 slots. 0 players is the average over the past seven days.
Server facts
What version does cave testing use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what you will find on cave testing. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is cave testing, and is it online now?
Right now cave testing is up and running. It was up 167 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is cave testing hosted?
There is no region on record for cave testing; it publishes none. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. You will reach it at 104.193.180.33:25565.
Connecting
How can you connect to cave testing?
Enter client.connect 104.193.180.33:25565 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp8
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.