The Ship's Log
The Fluffy Cloud · Sky pirates of the playa, 2026
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☸ Your watch
Everything running while you're captain. Tick people off as they turn up, mark a no-show if they don't, and leave a note for whoever picks up the next watch.
☠ What each shift involves
What's on. Not shifts, nothing to book.
Marco's camp plan. Placements move, so check with a lead before you park.
10:00 & HELAU
Tap it to open full size. The simplified plan below is easier to read on a phone.
The same camp, simplified. Your spot is marked in red.
10:00 & HELAU
Getting your bearings. The 150' frontage on 10:00 is where the cloud, the LED sign and the arrival table are.
HELAU (H Street) runs down the left, G street and the 10' road down the right.
A 20' firelane cuts across the middle and must stay clear at all times.
Kitchen and the fresh water totes are on the left, below Giuliana's spot. Bathrooms and showers sit centre, just above the firelane, and that's where Marco's RV water refill runs from. Burn barrel is top centre with a 20' safety zone around it. Chill zone and the dining area are in the middle.
Simon B. (1pp) is below the firelane on the HELAU side, between Alex Z. and Madhan.
Kitchen and the fresh water totes are on the left, below Giuliana's spot. Bathrooms and showers sit centre, just above the firelane, and that's where Marco's RV water refill runs from. Burn barrel is top centre with a 20' safety zone around it. Chill zone and the dining area are in the middle.
Simon B. (1pp) is below the firelane on the HELAU side, between Alex Z. and Madhan.
Black Rock City 2026. We're at 10:00 & Helau.
Official PDF
Reading a playa address. Everything is "clock position & street". The clock runs from 2:00 round to
10:00, and the streets run outward from the Esplanade. This year they're named, not lettered:
So 10:00 & Helau is upper-left as you look at the map, eight streets out from the Esplanade. Walk toward the Man to find the Esplanade; walk away from it to reach the outer streets and the walk-in camping.
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So 10:00 & Helau is upper-left as you look at the map, eight streets out from the Esplanade. Walk toward the Man to find the Esplanade; walk away from it to reach the outer streets and the walk-in camping.
Nearby, worth knowing. Your friends at camp.gs are around 9:00 & Fulcrum, five to ten minutes on foot.
Stone Age Awareness sits at 10:00 & Delphi, closer to the Esplanade. Opulent Temple is also in the 10:00 neighbourhood.
Theme camps
Full directory
Everyone else, alphabetically:
- *cats
- 17 Virgins
- 2 girls 1 camp
- 3907
- 42 Ramen
- 7 Sirens Cove
- 706 Tribe
- 8-bit Bunny
- A Shack of Sit
- A Touchy Subject
- A Transformation Station
- A&ersand
- A-PLAYA-MASK
- AAA Astro Accessible Arcade
- Aah Wonder
- Abominable Base Camp
- Above & Below
- Abraxas Camp
- Abstininthe
- Accult
- Acid On Ice
- Acorn Oasis
- ADHz
- AdramaNation
- adult playground
- AerialKnotics
- Afterglow
- Afterglow Lounge & Spa
- Airpusher Collective
- Airstreameri and What Not
- Alborz
- Alchemist Bazaar
- Alchemy Stop
- Alice in Slumberland
- Alma Borekas
- Alter Ego
- Alternative Energy Zone
- Altitude Lounge
- Amateur Hour Playa Pub
- AMAZONE
- BAAAHS Station
- Baby Boomer Burners
- Backfire
- Backstage
- Baconeers
- Bad Asstronauts
- Bad Boy's Discover Your Kinks
- Bad Idea
- badlands
- Bag o' Dicks
- Baggage Check
- Bao Chicka Wow Wow
- Bar Fallover
- BAR MACTROPOLIS
- Barbie Day Spa
- Barbie Death Village
- Barbots: Baby Needs A Break
- Base Camp
- Bat Haus
- Battle Born Burners
- Bearwhalea
- Beats 'n Deets
- Beaverton
- Best Butt
- Best Year Yet
- Better Together
- Betty's Bike Shop
- Beverly Grillz
- Big Unicorn Energy
- BigFrankEnergy
- Bike Gods
- Bikini Bottom(less)
- Bioluminati
- Birthday Camp
- Bisous
- Bistro Manonio
- Bitchin' Braid Camp
- Black Hole Literary Society
- Black Karma
- Black Rock Academy
- BLACK ROCK ADVENTURES BUS STOP!
- Black Rock Brewery
- Black Rock City Municipal Pool
- Black Rock City Passport Office
- Black Rock City Pickleball Club
- Black Rock City Shipyard
- Black Rock City Welding & Repair
- Black Rock Disc Golf Club
- Black Rock Labs The Expanse
- Black Rock Observatory
- Black Rock Piano Lounge
- Black Rock Public Library
- Black Rock Roller Disco
- Black Rock Sauna Society
- Black Rock Socks
- Black Rock Travel Agency
- Black Rock University
- Black Rock Yacht Club
- Black Rock Yearbook
- Blazing Death Ship
- BLD
- BlinkingManCamp97
- BLM/FNW Interpretive Camp
- Blood & Sugar
- Bloom Camp
- Blue CATerpillar
- BMIR
- Bo_b Squad
- Bone Voyage
- Booboos Gaagoos
- Book Club
- Bootleg Buggy Camp
- Booty Worship
- Brain Freeze Camp
- Brainiac Camp
- Brand-Ur-Ass N More
- Branding & Booze
- BRC Ski Resort
- BRC Snow Club
- BRC3PO
- BRCSPCA
- BRCvr presents BurnerSphere
- Breakaway Republic
- Bubble Camp
- Bubble Lounge
- BUBBLEGASM
- Bubbles and Bass
- Bumblepuss
- Bumpbed
- Bungalow
- Bunny Meth Lab
- Burner Buddies
- Burner Express Bus Depot
- Burning Band Camp
- Burning Globe
- Burning Man Studios
- Burning Man T-Shirt Factory
- Burning My Crepe
- Burning Questions
- Burning Sensation
- Burning Sky
- BurningShip
- Burnstream Court
- Burntown
- Cabana Club
- Cameltopia
- Camp (Can't) Stop
- Camp [No Name]
- Camp ASL Support Services HUB
- Camp Babe
- Camp Balagan
- Camp Bangers Only
- Camp Bare Tentacles
- Camp Be Bothered
- Camp Bean Water
- Camp Blowjob
- Camp BUI
- Camp Butter
- Camp Byte This
- Camp BYUS
- Camp Canadianderthal
- Camp Castaway
- Camp Codename
- Camp Cohere
- Camp Come Find Us CCFU
- Camp Condundrum
- Camp Connection
- Camp Contact
- Camp Cosmo
- Camp Cul-de-Sac
- Camp Darling
- Camp Delicioso & Creperie
- Camp DIY
- Camp Do Nothing
- Camp Elektra
- Camp Elephant Toe
- Camp Emergency
- Camp Equilibrium
- Camp Fly
- Camp Fortress of Solitude
- Camp Fucking Magical
- Camp Gotalotgoinon
- Camp Home
- Camp Hot Cheeks
- CAMP JUICY
- Camp Just Ahead
- Camp Kerosene
- Camp Kinetic
- Camp Kuhloff
- Camp LandHO!
- Camp Morning Wood
- Camp Nafas
- Camp Nope
- Camp NOT a Cult!
- Camp O-Wow
- Camp of the Rising Buns
- Camp Orange
- Camp Orange Heart
- Camp P3
- Camp Peace of Ass
- Camp Pendant
- Camp Piper
- Camp PlayApology
- Camp Ply Curious
- Camp PtP - Papillio Ovum
- Camp Pull My Finger
- Camp Questionmark
- Camp Random Pants
- Camp Reno Nation
- Camp Safari
- Camp Scone Fucker
- Camp Seem to Leave
- Camp Shark Cage
- Camp Shit Ain't Right
- Camp Shutterbuggy
- Camp Slow Your Roll
- Camp SnuggleFunk
Ranked by how close they are to what we do — sound first, then art, wellness and bars. Descriptions are the camps' own words from the official directory; individual camp websites aren't published there, so those links open the directory listing. Placements aren't published either: street addresses land in the What Where When guide just before gates.
Line-ups, ours and everyone else's.
TBA
The Fluffy Cloud line-up hasn't been announced yet.
What we know so far. The nights that carry a line-up are Monday (crew night),
Wednesday (Fluffers Choice, Jorge curates), and Friday and Saturday.
Sunday opens with a mini party where the crew who built the cloud take the decks.
Tuesday is exploration night and Thursday is the rest day.
☠ Want a set? The camp needs a backup all-in-one rig. Bring one and you earn a slot on crew night.
☠ Want a set? The camp needs a backup all-in-one rig. Bring one and you earn a slot on crew night.
TBA
Nothing published for the wider playa yet.
When the city's line-ups actually appear. The Rock Star Librarian (RSL) Music Guide — the
one everyone actually uses to find sets across Black Rock City — typically drops right before the gates open,
usually around 12:01 AM PT on the Sunday preceding the event (late August), or roughly
7 to 10 days before the official start of the burn.
Until then, sound camp line-ups trickle out on their own channels and change constantly. We'll put the highlights here once RSL lands, so you can plan around your shifts rather than against them.
Until then, sound camp line-ups trickle out on their own channels and change constantly. We'll put the highlights here once RSL lands, so you can plan around your shifts rather than against them.
A compass for your phone — so a lost one finds its way home.
This makes a lock screen image for your phone. Phones go missing on playa constantly: they fall out of pockets at the ladder, get left on a bar, ride off in someone else's jacket. This image says "If found, please return to Fluffy Cloud, 10 & Helau" and it sits on your lock screen, so whoever picks it up can read it without unlocking anything and walk it back to camp.
Every Fluffer should have this on their phone before gates. It takes about twenty seconds.
This makes a lock screen image for your phone. Phones go missing on playa constantly: they fall out of pockets at the ladder, get left on a bar, ride off in someone else's jacket. This image says "If found, please return to Fluffy Cloud, 10 & Helau" and it sits on your lock screen, so whoever picks it up can read it without unlocking anything and walk it back to camp.
Every Fluffer should have this on their phone before gates. It takes about twenty seconds.
Make yours
Prefilled from your profile. Change anything you like — the preview updates as you type.
On a phone you can also long-press the preview and save it.
On iPhone: Photos → the image → share → Use as Wallpaper → Set Lock Screen.
On Android: Photos → the image → menu → Use as → Lock screen.
⚓ Your shifts, as a picture — because there is no signal out there.
Save this to your camera roll before you leave. It needs no internet, no app and no battery beyond opening Photos. Emails and texts will not reach you on playa; this will.
Save this to your camera roll before you leave. It needs no internet, no app and no battery beyond opening Photos. Emails and texts will not reach you on playa; this will.
Your week
Regenerate it if you change your bookings. On a phone you can long-press the preview and save it.
Your shifts, the camp programme and anything you've added.
✚ Add something of your own
Only you can see these. End before start means it runs past midnight.
⚓ Camp kickoff meeting: 6pm Sunday at the cloud. Everyone comes. Shift plan, camp rules, who to go to for what. Camp group photo right after, and a second one at noon on burn night.
⛵ Arriving early? If you're coming in on Saturday 29 Aug you need an Early Access Pass — you won't get through the gate without one. Marco is first boots on the ground.
☸ When you make landfall
Come to the table on Esplanade where the cloud is and check in with a camp lead. We'll have your name on the list.
You'll get a wristband — that's what gets you access to the camp's shared resources, so keep it on.
Drinking water is unlimited, filled from the kitchen container. We have bulk water storage in camp, and there's a water refill station for RVs run on vouchers (same idea as the outside services) — vouchers are handled at the Esplanade table.
Please bring for the camp: one bottle of liquor and one case of beer per person. And a pirate outfit — that's the theme this year. 🏴☠️
When you leave, check out at the same table. A lead walks your zone, checks it for MOOP and photographs it.
☠ Take your stuff back. Anything you leave in the kitchen or the shared areas is yours to collect. Unclaimed things become MOOP, and MOOP is everybody's problem.
⚜ Bring a gift. Anything for the camp or for the playa on the camp's behalf is welcome and encouraged. Bringing all-in-one DJ decks earns you a set on crew night — we need a backup rig.
💰 Deposits: your $500 comes back if you turn up for the shifts you booked and don't leave MOOP behind. Attendance is recorded at each shift, so book what you can actually do.
⛵ Arriving early? If you're coming in on Saturday 29 Aug you need an Early Access Pass — you won't get through the gate without one. Marco is first boots on the ground.
☸ When you make landfall
Come to the table on Esplanade where the cloud is and check in with a camp lead. We'll have your name on the list.
You'll get a wristband — that's what gets you access to the camp's shared resources, so keep it on.
Drinking water is unlimited, filled from the kitchen container. We have bulk water storage in camp, and there's a water refill station for RVs run on vouchers (same idea as the outside services) — vouchers are handled at the Esplanade table.
Please bring for the camp: one bottle of liquor and one case of beer per person. And a pirate outfit — that's the theme this year. 🏴☠️
When you leave, check out at the same table. A lead walks your zone, checks it for MOOP and photographs it.
☠ Take your stuff back. Anything you leave in the kitchen or the shared areas is yours to collect. Unclaimed things become MOOP, and MOOP is everybody's problem.
⚜ Bring a gift. Anything for the camp or for the playa on the camp's behalf is welcome and encouraged. Bringing all-in-one DJ decks earns you a set on crew night — we need a backup rig.
💰 Deposits: your $500 comes back if you turn up for the shifts you booked and don't leave MOOP behind. Attendance is recorded at each shift, so book what you can actually do.
☠ The articles — how this crew shares the work
The cloud is the ship. The ladder is the gangway. Everything below is playa.
Be it known to all hands that come aboard this cloud: the work is shared, the board is open, and no soul among us is above the swabbing of a deck. What follows is the whole of it.
1. One live board — everyone sees identical availability, updated live.
2. First come, first served — every booking is timestamped by the server, not your phone.
3. Hard capacity — the database physically cannot accept more people than a shift holds, even if two people tap at the same instant.
4. ? hours each is the minimum, not a limit — do more if you want to. Nobody may do more than 4 hours in a single day, so no one burns out.
5. Waitlists promote automatically in join order when someone cancels.
6. Full audit log — camp leads can see every booking, cancellation and promotion, with times.
Who has done what is public: see Me Hearties.
☠ On desertion. Miss a shift you booked and your name goes up on a wanted poster on your own board. It is not a punishment and no lead will mention it. Turn up to your next one and it comes down by itself. We have no brig, no plank and no lash. We have a list, and a short memory.
Ranks. Stowaway, then Deckhand at 2 hours, Bosun at 4, Quartermaster at 8 (the articles met in full), First Mate at 12, and Captain’s Own at 18 — at which point the camp owes you a drink.
Read the full camp lead brief →
The cloud is the ship. The ladder is the gangway. Everything below is playa.
Be it known to all hands that come aboard this cloud: the work is shared, the board is open, and no soul among us is above the swabbing of a deck. What follows is the whole of it.
1. One live board — everyone sees identical availability, updated live.
2. First come, first served — every booking is timestamped by the server, not your phone.
3. Hard capacity — the database physically cannot accept more people than a shift holds, even if two people tap at the same instant.
4. ? hours each is the minimum, not a limit — do more if you want to. Nobody may do more than 4 hours in a single day, so no one burns out.
5. Waitlists promote automatically in join order when someone cancels.
6. Full audit log — camp leads can see every booking, cancellation and promotion, with times.
Who has done what is public: see Me Hearties.
☠ On desertion. Miss a shift you booked and your name goes up on a wanted poster on your own board. It is not a punishment and no lead will mention it. Turn up to your next one and it comes down by itself. We have no brig, no plank and no lash. We have a list, and a short memory.
Ranks. Stowaway, then Deckhand at 2 hours, Bosun at 4, Quartermaster at 8 (the articles met in full), First Mate at 12, and Captain’s Own at 18 — at which point the camp owes you a drink.
Read the full camp lead brief →
☠ The Pirates' log
Doubloons0
Best0
☠ The ten richest hearties
Each hearty's best run. Whole camp, live.
Nobody has sailed yet.
☠ Me Hearties
Everyone who has signed the articles, and what they have on the board. Ranked by hours. This list is visible to the whole camp, which is the point.
⚓ Your papers for the gate
⛵ Where you sleep