RS-10503Community server
Cave Playtest
Offline 195.252.230.124:28015 checked 2d 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 47% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12 Oct, 14:07 UTC2d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sun 11 Oct, 16:44 UTC3d ago | 1 | – | 0.9 days | 0 |
| Sat 10 Oct, 18:25 UTC4d 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.
Player activity
How many players are usually on Cave Playtest?
Currently, Cave Playtest is offline; the last sighting was 2 days 2 hours ago. Over seven days it averaged 1, and the highest point was 1.
Where does Cave Playtest sit in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place Cave Playtest at #10,503, in the top 47% of ranked servers.
Tags and filters
Where does Cave Playtest show up in Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
These Top Rust Servers lists count Cave Playtest among their servers: Best Rust community servers. These are the filters that bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
How should you read the tags on Cave Playtest?
Published by Cave Playtest for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Survival follows the standard Rust ruleset; mp8 (Max players): It has 8 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team, as standard in the game; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634 is required to join; your game must be on the same version; cs167398 (Build): The game build is 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Shown at the top of this page, and also in the tags: its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made.
Settings and map
What does Cave Playtest run for rules and settings?
No gather rate is given in the name Cave Playtest. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. You play survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser shows it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
What Rust version is Cave Playtest on?
On Windows, Cave Playtest operates Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. Your game needs the same protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the server location for Cave Playtest?
No region is published by Cave Playtest. What Top Rust Servers shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. You reach it at 195.252.230.124:28015.
How reliable is Cave Playtest?
Currently offline is Cave Playtest, last seen 2 days 2 hours ago. It spent 5 of the last 96 hours online across 4 days, giving 5% uptime. It was first observed by Top Rust Servers on 10 October 2026.
Wipe schedule
What can you expect on wipe day on Cave Playtest?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe saw its highest player count 0 hours in.
When does Cave Playtest wipe?
Wipes on Cave Playtest follow no regular pattern, so there is no next wipe to forecast. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server; the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world was last replaced 2 days 13 hours ago.
How to join
What are the steps to join Cave Playtest?
To connect, start Rust, hit F1, and enter client.connect 195.252.230.124:28015. You can also join by clicking Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and links you in.