The Batcave
Offline 157.85.93.7:28015 checked 21d ago
Measurements
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 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 6 Oct, 05:48 UTC21d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
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.
Quick answers
Population
How does The Batcave rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,960 for player hours, which puts The Batcave in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Batcave?
At this count The Batcave is offline, with its last sighting 21 days 20 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Batcave mean?
These are the tags The Batcave publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Batcave?
These Rust Population lists include The Batcave: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on The Batcave?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Batcave?
Too few wipes are on record for The Batcave to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 21 days 22 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does The Batcave run?
The map on The Batcave is procedural, made by the game at size 2,500 from seed 50000. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on The Batcave?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: The Batcave states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Batcave run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux for The Batcave. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is The Batcave online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw The Batcave 21 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 6 October 2026.
Where is The Batcave located?
A region is not published by The Batcave. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 157.85.93.7:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join The Batcave?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 157.85.93.7:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.