cave testing
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 69%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
104.193.180.33:25565
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Up 622 places on last week. Top 69% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 104.193.180.33:25565
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 8
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Oct 2026, 08:06 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are cave testing's rules and configuration?
The name of cave testing does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins running: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
What's the map on cave testing?
A procedural map is in use on cave testing, made by the game.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on cave testing?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp8 (Max players): 8 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game are the tags cave testing puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does cave testing appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find cave testing: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server info
What's the physical location of cave testing?
No region comes from cave testing. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 104.193.180.33:25565.
What's the uptime like on cave testing?
cave testing is down, with the last sighting 23 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 77% uptime, with 129 hours up out of 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is cave testing using?
On Linux, cave testing runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
What happens on wipe day at cave testing?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 0 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
cave testing wipes on what schedule?
cave testing's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 5 days 23 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does cave testing place?
In the top 69% of all ranked servers, cave testing is #15,917 on player hours over the last seven days.
What's the player count on cave testing?
cave testing last showed life 23 hours ago; it is offline now. Averaged 0 players across the last week.
How to join
How can you get into cave testing?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 104.193.180.33:25565. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.