Offline 157.85.86.153:28015 checked 12d ago
The Batcave
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 40 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Next wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 8d 20h The force wipe
ResultsWipes
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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is The Batcave online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment, The Batcave was last seen 12 days 14 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 0% of the time. On 6 October 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Which Rust version is The Batcave on?
Linux carries Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 at The Batcave. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is The Batcave located?
No region is published by The Batcave. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. The address you connect to is 157.85.86.153:28015.
Server tags
What do the server tags on The Batcave mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp40 (Max players): The cap is 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Build number: 166652; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed to Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded are the tags The Batcave publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The Batcave?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include The Batcave are: Modded Rust servers, live. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Map and rules
Which map is running on The Batcave?
The Batcave runs a game-generated procedural map: size 2,500, seed 50000. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed give the same map.
What are the rules and settings on The Batcave?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Batcave. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. build, gather and raid in the standard game: that is the survival game mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Population
How full is The Batcave right now?
Last seen 12 days 14 hours ago, The Batcave is offline right now.
Where does The Batcave sit in the rankings?
The last seven days put The Batcave at #15,150 on player hours: top 70% of all ranked servers.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on The Batcave?
An estimate from the force wipe gives The Batcave's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes, and that is its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 21 days 17 hours ago is when its current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Joining the server
How do I join The Batcave?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 157.85.86.153:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished 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.