The Batcave
Offline 157.85.86.153:28015 checked 13d ago
Vital stats
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 8d 8h. 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
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Batcave?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Batcave: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on The Batcave mean?
These are the tags The Batcave publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does The Batcave rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,150 puts The Batcave in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Batcave right now?
The Batcave went quiet 13 days 2 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is The Batcave online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: The Batcave was last seen 13 days 2 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 6 October 2026.
Where is The Batcave located?
No region is published by The Batcave. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 157.85.86.153:28015.
Which Rust version is The Batcave on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version The Batcave runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The Batcave?
The estimate for the next wipe on The Batcave rests on the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 22 days 4 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
The rules
Which map does The Batcave run?
Generated by the game with seed 50000, the map on The Batcave is procedural and 2,500 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on The Batcave?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Batcave. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join The Batcave?
Enter client.connect 157.85.86.153:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.