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The Batcave
Offline 157.85.86.153:28015 checked 12d 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, measured since 6 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 20h.
The force wipe
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
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01MODPlayers 91/700
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02MODPlayers 29/1000
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03MODPlayers 12/1000
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04MODPlayers 145/1000
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05MODPlayers 6/1000
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06MODPlayers 217/700
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Where does The Batcave appear in Rust Tracker lists and filters?
Modded servers, tracked live — the Rust Tracker lists that include The Batcave. On the server list, these filters bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
How should you read the tags on The Batcave?
These tags are published by The Batcave for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival mode for Rust; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2634 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code: not set; ^m (Monthly): Follows Facepunch's force wipe: one wipe per month; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework confirmed: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. At the top of this page you also get the queue, the players now and the world's creation time, all from the tags.
Wipe Times
On what schedule does The Batcave wipe?
The next wipe at The Batcave is an estimate, drawn from the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe lands, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes with it. Its world went live 21 days 16 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Location and Status
Is The Batcave up, and how does its uptime hold?
Offline now, The Batcave was last seen 12 days 14 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days: 0% uptime. First contact for Rust Tracker: 6 October 2026.
Which Rust build is The Batcave running?
Confirmed for The Batcave: Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652, Linux. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Which location is The Batcave in?
Nothing on region from The Batcave; none is published. The location shown by Rust Tracker is the server's own claim; no lookup of the machine's position is made. You connect at 157.85.86.153:28015.
Population
How many players are on The Batcave right now?
Last seen 12 days 14 hours ago; The Batcave is offline at present.
Where does The Batcave sit in the server rankings?
Top 70% of all ranked servers, and #15,150 on seven-day player hours: The Batcave.
Map and Rules
Which settings and rules are confirmed on The Batcave?
Nothing in The Batcave's name states a gather rate. 8 players per group is the game's default, and the cap holds. It runs survival, gather, build, raid, as the game intends. Players can raid and fight each other here. Plugins or settings change the game, and the server browser lists it under Modded. Oxide plugins run on it. On: VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is loaded on The Batcave?
A procedural map of size 2,500 runs on The Batcave, generated by the game from seed 50000. Size and seed match, so the map is the same: view it on RustMaps from this page.
How to Join
Which steps join The Batcave?
To connect: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 157.85.86.153:28015 in the console. Or use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and join.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
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.