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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,539habitat unknownfirst seen 26 Oct 2026

Cave

Offline 184.147.15.37:28015 checked 2d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 50
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#14,539
top 65%
Last wipe
2d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 65% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 26 Oct, 21:25 UTC2d ago 1 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Cave rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #14,539 for player hours, which puts Cave in the top 65% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Cave?

Cave is offline at this count; we last saw it 2 days 7 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.

Tags

What do the server tags on Cave mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Cave publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Cave?

On Rust Population, Cave is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Cave?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Cave?

The record holds too few of Cave's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 2 days 7 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Cave run?

The map on Cave is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Cave?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Cave states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Cave run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Cave uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Cave online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Cave was last seen 2 days 7 hours ago. Over the last 2 full days, 0 of 48 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 26 October 2026.

Where is Cave located?

No region is published by Cave. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 184.147.15.37:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Cave?

Either enter client.connect 184.147.15.37:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.