Rust RCON Tool by BattleMetrics

What is RCON?

RCON is used to implement admin tools for your game. Basically it lets you see what’s going on in the server without you having to spend ages starting up a game client and connecting to your server manually. You can run commands remotely and automatically. Kick, ban, restart, you name it. Whatever the game server will let you do over RCON is possible.

Can I detect VPNs or ban evaders using BattleMetrics?

Yes! We track players by IP and use an external service to help us determine if an IP is a VPN. Additionally, we will tell you how many other players match the IP in question.

How do I automate running my server?

You can automate a lot of rules and common tasks using triggers and schedules. You can automatically kick, ban, message, etc in response to any number of conditions. Want to get notified when a player receives more than 3 F7 player reports? Done. Don’t want players saying racist things in chat? Easy. Want to get notified when a player asks for an admin? Not a problem. For more information on triggers and the scheduler, see these resources:

Trigger System Overview
The Scheduler
Example Triggers

Can I automatically message players?

Yes. Using triggers and schedules you can send Global Chat messages automatically. Unfortunately private messages are not supported by the base game.

How do I ban players?

You can ban a player by clicking the drop down menu next to their name and clicking “Add Ban”. This will add the ban to our internal database. We’ll kick the player from the server and continue to kick them if they try to rejoin while the ban is active. This does not take up any additional resources on your server and helps you avoid performance issues from having a ban file that is too large.

Can I ban players without using the BattleMetrics database?

Sure, you just need to issue the “Add Rust Ban” command for the player you want to ban. You can run any supported RCON command through our system.

How do I detect ban evaders?

This is done by both the ban system and the trigger system. If you ban a player by IP and enable “auto-add”, the new Steam64ID will be added to the ban for the originally added account. Note: we do not recommend banning IPs that are VPNs or GeForce NOW, as you will ban a huge number of players.

Additionally, you can set up triggers to take action or notify you if a player joins with an IP that has a certain number of matches. As an example, you can ban players that are using an IP matched to more than 5 players but fewer than 50. That way you avoid banning popular VPNs but are still taking out shared IP addresses.