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- Published on Jan 19, 2026
- I return to the underground as a cave dweller, on 1000 player Official Rust...
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The cave dweller returns...
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The shotgun trap breaking the twig and sealing the bunker is incredible
Was just about to comment this. 1000 IQ play right there.
It’s been in the game for years sealing the bunker. So much focus in videos is on god rocks that the cave has taken a back seat.
Also you open the bunker using twig. The same trick can be used on the 2nd floor of the cave with walls that go into the cave ceiling.
New meta on wipe days
maybe for you noob . it has been like 5-7 years
@rasplay5761 I don't think most people think this remark is the flex you seem to think it is, just letting you know.
This cave means so much to me. When I started playing rust a few years ago I just build my 1x2 base next to many other bases. What I didnt know they all belonged to a group of 6 people who lived in the cave which lied in the middle. After about 15min on the server they told me to move away or I was going to get raided but they seemed quite nice and also liked the fact that I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. So I build like a square away and would give them all my sulfur and they would trade me revs and customs with bullets for it. After a few days on the server I logged on and found out they got fully raided by a 20man russian zerg and they sealed the cave entrance with like 6-8 hqm walls. So there was no chance of getting in and out. All they was left was a box of jackhammers. I had school holidays and they asked me if I had a helping hand to jackhammer all the walls down. I did it and so I gained their trust to join the team. We kept on playing and I spent my next 3000+ rust hours with them. Even met a few of them in reallife and weve made many other friends from rust since then. Nowadays we all stopped playing rust since we are working/studying at university but still talk quite a lot with each other. (Shoutouts to Artfuls Russian Zerg otherwise would have never met them and although we would stay rivals for many many wipes we even became friends on steam although we continued to give each other a hard time in rust)
This is awesome!
cool story
wholesum❤
Glad you were naïve enough not to know about the "Trust no-one" mantra...
But when you start out alone, you have nothing to lose approaching a group of strangers.
thats such a nice story rust can be so nice
I imagine Willjum being that neighbour living downstairs constantly hitting the ceiling with their broom because you're being too noisy.
I’ve never actually played Rust,and I probably never will. I don’t even fully understand all of its mechanics. Still, I’ve watched most of your videos because they’re genuinely entertaining. Seeing someone with your level of skill, passion, and storytelling ability play the game makes it fun to watch, even for someone who doesn’t play it themselves.
Same here. I don't even want to install or try. It's just his incredible storytelling that keeps me coming back over and over again. Also his creativity and positiveness. Willjum is incredible!
The storytelling is what makes WJ's videos so nice to watch. I too have never played rust and don't intend to, but I enjoy watching some of the creative rust vids. I used to play reign of kings (kind of similar but no guns, medieval weapons only) and I loved to make cool trap bases and triple walled pyramids and the fishing in that game was very fun so I often made trading outposts and themed bases. A few wipes I had a friend I've known for decades since primary school. We would get the trebuchet out on the roof of our castles it was a lot of fun but I liked to know who I was raiding and id make it fun. Id place signs as close to their front door as I could build it and paint "eviction notice" well on advance and have some friendly banter or at other times not so friendly rivalries with competing 2-5 man groups
*PLEASE never stop uploading*
These videos put me in that "nostalgia mode", and not an "i've been watching for 10 years" thing, I've only been watching for a year. But the comfort and how much I look forward to these makes me confident that I'll look back fondly on the days when I watched Willjum every Saturday.
Actually.
when Willjum was slightly getting annoyed about all the fighting above ground i was thinking about how funny it would have been if he went up with only a spear or something of that sort shouting get off my lawn! LOL
The trick to getting around the spike trap is just hugging the wall, no need to jump.
no way bro u spilled the beans
shhhh
Yup. Can't believe Willjum has a billion hours in that game and doesn't know that simple thing.
Willjum a reminder its sunday right now
LEGENDARY REFREASH PULL 15 SECONDS OLD - btw you can allso do this system with the tripple cave
12 min old
12 mins old we all watching this together got my joi t rolled and my hot chocolate made 😂
@connorrobinson6510me too lmaoo
You guys are morons
Dang beat me by 10 seconds
Likely around the same time this was filmed, somewhere on a different server on a different region someone logged into rust for their first proper wipe and moved into a badly made cave base with their friends. Thanks for introducing me to rust, and you best believe I raided our cave neighbours in your name successfully
Fun copy and paste wiki fact about Polar Bears (For no particular reasons) :
Polar bears are marine mammals that can swim for days, using their large front paws as paddles and hind legs as rudders, even covering hundreds of miles continuously, with some recorded swims over 200 miles long, often prompted by melting sea ice
I see what you did there... Interesting fact anyways.
But can they dive for a century ? 🥲
Run while looking at the cave wall hugging it closely and you wont fall into pit
Cringe af
So which country gets the polar bears when he have destroyed the world??????
Man Willjum your use of music just creates such an incredible viewing experience well done sir.
First official willjum rust start of 2026 can’t wait to see what stories happen this year!
we need willjum and stimpee collab
50:25 As someone who lived in Berlin for almost 18 years before I moved to a smaller town last year, I can comfortably say the soundstage around your base is just like new years in Berlin. And it's about the same amount of people getting hurt too!
Haha, selbst in den kleinen Dörfern rundherum ist es so :D (Bloß mit weniger verletzten ;) )
Yea, turns out German people are great at losing wars and endorsing poor leaders and getting people hurt. 😔
Hey man, odd question. How's the cost of living in small German towns? My wife and I are thinking of making the move. Danka
@seether97Dont move to germany dude 😂 this country is decaying. Alot of germans thinking about to move out.
How do you know someone is from Berlin? They won't shut up about it
5:27 "im not getting distracted this time... i do need some arrows though..." 😂
I could watch you live in a cave every time it's such a vibe.
For those of us watching on our phones, a light or two in the cave would be helpful..
@AgAberealthe skull spikes are perfect for just this, good indication if it's day or night too
bro i love this, you always play rust in ultra hardcore mode, this is a challenge that only a few ppl are capable of
I built in the same cave a few wipes ago. I had a turret base up on the surface on a solo only server and then I had the double underground powered-cave situation where I had one turret in front of each base and the turret base surrounded by spikes and externals that had solar and turrets as well.... really kept the grubs away
I always think of welyn when someone makes a cozy cave base
I'm so glad you put this out because I've been hyper focused on this specific cave for 2 wipes lol.
Just love these vids, which is so strange. I have not been playing any games for like 15 years, never played Rust, never even heard about it before I stumbled upon these vids. But I find them very entertaining, and even exciting at times. To that, add on the great editing and also the voicing of it. You got a great voice Willjum, and a great skill of telling the story of the game.
gotta love how every time that willjum leaves his cave his neighbours have substantially grown. just goes to show how much time he spends down there
we need pt2 willjum!!!!
Hi @Willjum, just a gentle reminder it's Saturday:)
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oh my god, just started watching the second episode with Gorliac and was sad I wont have anything else to watch.. then BOOM a video fresh outta the oven oven, can't wait to join you on this adventure aswell Mr. Willjum and see what you have cooked for us!
Same!!
Fun fact, you don't have to jump that spike trap in the cave. Just look at the wall and run through, you stick to the tiny ledge.
Going from the epic gorliac collab to this more chilled solo vibe with an interesting build is a dope mix! Cant wait for the next vid big fella!
Wiljum makes rust, feel like a brand new game...
One of the sickest builds yet! Something even more cozy about hearing AK popping off above, surrounded by all that rock and metal. I hope we get to see it get defended. Nice one WJ ! ✌️&🫶
30:12 willy, you know what you doing man. I love this soundtracks
Does anyone know what that song in particular is called?
@DayBear-o try shazam
you did such a nice spray transfer in that first AK nab!
CAVE BASE THANK GOD, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CAVE BASES TYSM WILLIAM J.
Can’t wait for part 2! This is by far the coziest base you’ve ever made. I can’t wait to see what happens next
Little tip and trick that me and some mates found out while doing this a while back;
You can also do the same thing with piping! The trick is to place industrial combiners with the "in" and "out" connections just inside the ground, with this, it is a workaround from the ground breaking the connection. (it is a little fiddly)
Me and my mates used this method so we could use our surface base as a depot to quickly and automatically send supplies up and down from the cave :)
I found a way to be able to pipe between the two caves too so you can funnel the loot from the one that is getting raided :D
This is going to be my favourite series, the cave base with the lighting comfy, this is how I like rust
WHERES PART TWO????
Gotta love seeing Willjum posting a video
Love your videos man, they are great, and I love that you try out different things base designs and new metas. Personally base design is what appeals to me the most, and for long I have tried the design the most efficient base, when considering raid cost, storage capacity and upkeep, and I believe I have found it or something close to it. The general idea is lots (and I mean LOTS) of very small (
Man, how do you keep pumping out videos that are so unique and non-repetitive?? Amazing work, keep it up!
where is new video. it has been se7en days.
i really love the episodes where you farm base :P
Never clicked faster in my lifw
the music choice for this one is going CRAZY good job !!!!
The 46th, you know the drill 😁
Here’s almost complete list of the songs used in this video ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
0:00 - 7:47 - "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod
8:08 - 11:58 - "Ether Vox" by Kevin MacLeod
12:20 - 16:11 - "Under Canopies" by SpearFisher feat. River Lume
16:23 - 19:06 - "Intrepid" by Brianna Tam
19:18 - 23:16 - "The Children of the Woods" by Linus Johnsson
23:37 - 25:53 - "Kimray" by Emmanuel Jacob
26:40 - 28:05 - ❌ Can't find this one (Or is it two? Can't really tell 😁)
29:00 - 32:12 - "Blood in the Bayou" by SpearFisher feat. River Lume
32:52 - 35:08 - "X" by Jeremy Chontow
35:14 - 39:18 - "Departure" by Ian Post
39:32 - 43:09 - "Imbre" by Jordan Critz
43:22 - 45:25 - "Transition" by Notize
45:27 - 48:53 - "Still Forever" by Tiko Tiko
49:19 - 51:03 - "Spiral by Habe (Stripped version)
52:04 - 53:13 - "Hazy" by "SPACE CAMP"
53:27 - 56:00 - "Ancient Path, Under the Moon" by Thad Kopec (not on YT, can be found on Musicbed)
56:38 - 58:32 - "Bellatora" by Lane King & Judah Earl
58:50 - 1:03:43 - "New Way to See You" by Dustin Lau
1:03:56 - 1:07:02 - "Standing on a Mountain Top" by Rebecca Mardal
1:07:07 - 1:09:09 - "Sitting Sill" by Thad Kopec feat. Liza Anne
1:09:11 - 1:09:53 - "Keflavik" by Mochas
Give the likes this man deserves!
Thank you
Ok then I have a question just for you. In older desert wipe Willjum used to use a unique version of Hotel California. I've been searching for it but no luck. If you couuld find the name for it, it would be awesome!
Install app Shazam and youse when you hear song you like. Simple. You Wellcome
This is really atmospheric ambient right here
NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO SEE WILJUM NEARLY WIN THAT FIRST AK FIGHT VERY VERY VERY PROUD
hw boutta last 1:09:53 secs
I love watching cave base builds. Thnx!
28:18, I could just feel something was about to happen :D actually laughed out loud. I really enjoy your videos, and the fact that you can take a hit like that and just keep your cool, thats why I keep returning for your videos. Thank you.
It's so painful
Love your cave base videos. This one looks like the best one yet.
Always great to lag out with everyone trying to watch the video at the same time. Thanks for the post.
17:21 his shadow was dancing to the beat of the song perfectly
no video this week?
It's been a while since I saw a video of yours its pure nostalgia coming back to one
blud got raided no video
Its likely just copyright issues, unless its not released by 5PM CST then it may be true that he was offlined
I love these willjum videos the most. Base focused with lots of passive progression being performed by awesome preparation. So relaxing to watch. Even got my wife (not a gamer) into these when we lay down.
It always amazes me how an average Willjum adventure is better than anything me and my group have ever done
It’s all in the storytelling man, don’t sweat it.
You’re watching like 18 straight hours of playtime condensed into an hour long video, it’s going to have more action / highlights than the average hour of rust.
@HoppingSkipper the first video is always the first day. Still insane what Willjum does solo.
ngl most chill rust youtuber ever, rate the vids and the calmness, u never get tired of his videos
I've been waiting all day for this.
31:28 youre actually the goat fot that😂
Can u please share your playlist? Your music taste is amazing!
There's also someone in the comments that's been really nice and has been finding the music for every video
You’re a boss and that stone quarry fight was legendary. If you pulled up to that fight with anything higher capacity than a pipe imagine
57 likes in 35 sec bro will never fall off
best cave interior i've seen in my life, please we want a part 2
its been 4 years since ive watched your videos and i just gotta say that i really miss how calming your videos are, please never ever stop making content and keep on with the consistency
Does anyone know the name of the song playing in the background @ 50:19 ?
^
Holy shit I hope there's a 2 hour part 2 to this video!! That cave base is incredible.
Don’t need to jump the spike pit. You can just walk across hugging the wall.
Best part is. He should know this. Pretty sure I learned that trick from an old cave video of his. Not sure how you forget that =/
@thesoysuace😂 ya I don’t know man… not like it’s new 😂
seriously willijum is one of the most underrated youtuber absolute masterpiece
WILLJUM DROPS, I WATCH.
i cried while watching ur vid... im going throu a tough time and ur videos r the coziest warmest thing in my life right now. so thank u willi i lov u so much
Awesome video but we all know this ain't getting a part 2
I really love when willjum does cave bases 😊
I’ve never played Rust in my life, and I honestly don’t even remember how I discovered your channel. Yet your videos have become some of my absolute favorites on RUclips.
What really stands out to me is the way you switch between the calm, storytelling narrative voice and your real, in-the-moment voice while playing. Both feel completely natural, and together they create something incredibly immersive. It’s not just gameplay - it genuinely feels like watching a well-crafted story unfold.
Even without knowing the game at all, I’m fully drawn in every single time. To be honest, your videos feel more engaging than many movies. The pacing, the atmosphere, the narration.. it’s all so well done. Truly amazing work.
I love how you whisper in the cave like you're in a real life cave :) thanks Willjum, my favorite RUST player
4:35 i wonder whats in that body bag
Yea that one bugged me internally.
Always lovely to see this concept get tackled in new ways with the new BP fragment update especially with WillyJ
Problem: Workbench progression has become too easy again for groups. Idea: Groups value the certainty of outcomes that comes with larger group size. Easier to control monuments to farm keycards and fragments. If things like farming crates or metaldetecting are made critical, well the likelihood of success scales predictably with group size. So to nerf this effect, devs should focus on increasing RNG variability, and/or decreasing hit rate, the more players are around a given monument; or the more same-team players are around a monument; or just the more players are on a team, but only for players on that team. Anything that can reduce the scaling of success certainty with group size. Groups may then just leave team during progression, but this has downsides for them, such as friendly fire or increased likelihood of getting pseudo-insided. And anything that makes groups fission into smaller teams during progression farming would even the playing field with solos/duos.
They could even increase the likelihood of a drop based on three things: 1) number of players around you at the time of BP generation (like when you loot or metal detect), 2) time since server start (or last BP obtained), and 3) how long you HAVEN'T been in a group. That way if anyone joins a group at any point prior to that first BP, then even when they leave the group there is a period of time where they are still "nerfed". It needn't be a huge nerf, either, just enough of an advantage that solo players can still "catch up" and grouping is still desirable over the disadvantage for being in a group. It could be like just a mere 50% increased drop rate at max benefits and most clans would probably still prefer to group for the benefits while solos have a little bit of a catch up mechanic.
Your series keep me hook up every time, already waiting for secoond chapter, keep it up :)
What do you mean "Welcome to a solo Rust adventure"? Is it not the most epic awesomest incredible stupendous mind-boggling bewildering unbelievable Rust adventure ever?
You forgot bamboozling 😉😂
You know it’s a good night when… you get the gist of it
its sunday willy wheres the video?!?
He uploaded 21 hours ago at the time of writing but I guess you already know that lol
Downloaded this game to play with a friend. Weve long since stopped talking, and my playing, but I feel like my journey never stopped. Watching you passes the hours, ty for what you do wiljum.
Yogi, go lay down.
One of the most relatable wipes I've seen you play
50:53 It is not the only cave in the game that can do this.
I would love to see @Willjum do the silo cave
I never thought about making a bone knife out of skulls I thought they where just for intimidating decor
Goodness me..... watching this build is pretty awesome! Can't wait for part 2! Wish I was better at fps, and not such a chicken when it comes to pvp lol.... I'm a Canadian woman in my 40's and I can't get enough of these gameplay videos... just discovered @Willjum in the last few weeks and have been binge watching these videos.
Congrats on you're awesome youtube success Will!! I can see why you have so many subs... you really do a fab job, great storytelling, and pvp/building skills, I'm hooked haha. Much love!
He just had his best series recently, a couple weeks ago. Check it out!
Oh I've probably seen it lol, slowly working my way through the majority of his past videos... all of them just as entertaining as the last. It's kinda nice when you stumble upon amazing RUclips channels that have been established for a while, lots and lots of videos to keep you entertained until the new ones drop. 🥰🥰
I have so much appreciation for the amount of skill rust youtubers have, gaming skills are one thing but being able to edit down hours and hours of gameplay into a full on movie and being able to show so much progress is mesmerizing. I especially love watching the cuts when you mine a node and show the first hit and cut to the breaking hit, a simple but really effective way of shortening a clip while not sacrificing any content.
Where is the new upload?!?
Yk the drill he got raided
Your mom's house
on god drop it already
@Trillurthere’s absolutely no way this got raided bro
He is currently defending a raid as we speak. It’s been going on for 17 hours
Man your cave wipes are all my favorites! This cave looks insane and might just be my favorite wipe from you. I’ve watch pretty much every vid going back 4 or so years.
25:41 The David Attenborough Of Rust 🤞🏼☝🏼🤷🏼♂️
"That alone looks menacing...and it´s TWIG!"
That made me smile ;D
bud, wheres the newest vid? keeping your audience waiting is a crime
watching the willy j video every Sunday is the only constant in my life
WHERE IS MY VIDEO WILL !!!
the wpump play to ak and colateral to head the lmg was such a good play, i screamed so hard when the smg shot gggggS!!!
Bruh why willjum so inconsistent with Saturday uploads
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