The Batcave
157.85.86.153:28015 checked 9m 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
Top 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 23d 0h. The force wipe
Wipes
| 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
Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is The Batcave?
The Batcave is holding 0 of its 40 slots at the moment. A seven-day average of 0 players, with a peak of 1.
How does The Batcave rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The Batcave ranks #15,646 worldwide and sits in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on The Batcave?
An estimate from the force wipe gives the next wipe for The Batcave. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next wipe arrives: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 7 days 12 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags show a monthly wipe schedule.
Server details
Is The Batcave online, and how reliable is it?
The Batcave is online at the moment. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 6 days 22 hours ago. In the last 6 full days, it was up for 144 of 144 hours, or 100% of the time. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 6 October 2026.
Performance of The Batcave: does it run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 211 server fps and a low of 146. Buildings, deployables and other world objects pushed the entity count as high as 29,847. Memory use reached 3,024 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does The Batcave run?
On The Batcave, the Rust version is network protocol 2634 and build 166652 and the OS is Linux. Steam updates your game, so the protocol matches when you join.
Where is The Batcave located?
No region is published by The Batcave. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. You can reach it at 157.85.86.153:28015.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include The Batcave? And filters?
Best modded Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that The Batcave fits. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on The Batcave mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp40 (Max players): Capacity is 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section are the tags The Batcave publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page you can see its current players, queue and world creation time, which are in the tags too.
Rules, map
What rules does The Batcave enforce? And settings?
The Batcave's name makes no mention of a gather rate. With the default limit, groups are limited to 8 players. The game mode for this server is survival, standard survival: gathering, building, raiding. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. It is in the Modded section: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are used. VAC is on.
Which map does The Batcave run?
The map on The Batcave is procedural, size 2,500, seed 50000, created by the game. With the same size and seed, the map is identical and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
How to join
How do I join The Batcave?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 157.85.86.153:28015 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp40- Max players Capacity is 40 slots.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2634- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166652- Build Build 166652.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code No region code has been set.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^z- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
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.