cave testing
104.193.180.33:25565 checked 13m 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 08:06 UTC12d 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
Quick answers
Map and rules
Which settings and rules apply on cave testing?
There is no gather rate in the name cave testing. That is the game's default: groups of up to 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is off: VAC, from Valve.
Which map is active on cave testing?
Generated by the game: the procedural map on cave testing.
Population
How many players are on cave testing?
Right now, 0 players are on cave testing, which has 8 slots. Its seven-day average stands at 0 players.
Where does cave testing sit in the rankings?
In the top 72% of ranked servers, cave testing holds #15,885 for player hours over the last seven days.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on cave testing?
For the game's server browser, cave testing publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust mode; mp8 (Max players): The server has 8 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8—the default setting for Rust; v2634 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2634 on your game to join; cs167781 (Build): Build number: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left unset; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The Modded listing means plugins or settings have changed the game. Also in the tags: its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, and the top of this page shows them.
Where does cave testing appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include cave testing are Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
About the server
How reliable is cave testing, and is it up?
You can join cave testing now: it is online. Over the last 7 full days, uptime was 86%: 145 hours up out of 168. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is cave testing on?
On Linux, cave testing runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. You can only join if your game uses the same protocol, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the location of cave testing?
No region is published by cave testing. The location shown by Rust Zerg Life is what a server says; it does not check where the machine stands. You can reach it at 104.193.180.33:25565.
Wipe cycle
What happens on wipe day on cave testing?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What schedule does cave testing follow for wipes?
So few of cave testing's wipes are recorded that its rhythm cannot be told yet. Come Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe arrives for every Rust server. The world in play right now was made 12 days ago.
Join the server
What is the process to join cave testing?
Join by entering client.connect 104.193.180.33:25565 in the console (press F1 first). Or use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp8
ts8
v2634
cs167781
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.