Cave Playtest
Offline 195.252.230.124:28015 checked 17d 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 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
- usual gap
- 0.9 daysbetween real wipes
- on rhythm
- 100%of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
12 OCT 2026Mon 12 Oct, 14:07 UTC17d ago |
1 | – | running | 1 |
11 OCT 2026Sun 11 Oct, 16:44 UTC18d ago |
1 | – | 0.9 days | 0 |
10 OCT 2026Sat 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.
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 Cave Playtest?
No gather rate appears in the name Cave Playtest. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. It is listed under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Tags and filters
Where does Cave Playtest appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Cave Playtest: Community Rust servers, indexed. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is meant by the tags on Cave Playtest?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Cave Playtest gives gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp8 (Max players): 8 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2634; cs167398 (Build): It runs build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipes and resets
How does a wipe day run on Cave Playtest?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does Cave Playtest wipe?
There is no next wipe to predict for Cave Playtest, which wipes at irregular times. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now was made 17 days 13 hours.
Players and ranking
How is Cave Playtest ranked compared with the rest?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Cave Playtest at #13,821, among the top 63% of ranked servers.
Is Cave Playtest quiet or crowded?
At present Cave Playtest is offline; its last sighting was 17 days 2 hours ago.
Operator and status
What version does Cave Playtest use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows is what you will find on Cave Playtest. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is Cave Playtest, and is it online now?
As of now Cave Playtest is offline, with its last appearance 17 days 2 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 10 October 2026.
Which region is Cave Playtest in?
No region is published by Cave Playtest. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 195.252.230.124:28015.
How to join
How can you connect to Cave Playtest?
Enter client.connect 195.252.230.124:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp8
ts8
v2634
cs167398
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.