diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 238ee3965d..7edf745e55 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5522,48 +5522,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "veloren-botclient"
-version = "0.8.0"
-dependencies = [
- "authc",
- "clap",
- "hashbrown",
- "ron",
- "rustyline",
- "serde",
- "termcolor",
- "tokio 1.3.0",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-appender",
- "tracing-log",
- "tracing-subscriber",
- "veloren-client",
- "veloren-common",
- "veloren-common-base",
- "veloren-common-ecs",
- "veloren-common-net",
- "veloren-common-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "veloren-client"
 version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "authc",
  "byteorder",
+ "clap",
  "futures-util",
  "hashbrown",
  "image",
  "num 0.4.0",
  "rayon",
+ "ron",
+ "rustyline",
+ "serde",
  "specs",
+ "termcolor",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-log",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "vek 0.14.1",
  "veloren-common",
  "veloren-common-base",
+ "veloren-common-ecs",
  "veloren-common-net",
  "veloren-common-sys",
  "veloren-network",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 271f814cb7..5b59d0d178 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ members = [
     "common/net",
     "common/sys",
     "client",
-    "botclient",
     "plugin/api",
     "plugin/derive",
     "plugin/rt",
diff --git a/botclient/Cargo.toml b/botclient/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 999a48b678..0000000000
--- a/botclient/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-authors = ["Avi Weinstock <aweinstock314@gmail.com>"]
-edition = "2018"
-name = "veloren-botclient"
-version = "0.8.0"
-
-[dependencies]
-authc = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git", rev = "bffb5181a35c19ddfd33ee0b4aedba741aafb68d" }
-client = { package = "veloren-client", path = "../client" }
-common = { package = "veloren-common", path = "../common", features = ["no-assets"] }
-common-base = { package = "veloren-common-base", path = "../common/base" }
-common-ecs = {package = "veloren-common-ecs", path = "../common/ecs"}
-common-net = { package = "veloren-common-net", path = "../common/net" }
-common-sys = { package = "veloren-common-sys", path = "../common/sys", default-features = false }
-
-hashbrown = {version = "0.9", features = ["rayon", "serde", "nightly"]}
-tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
-serde = {version = "1.0", features = [ "rc", "derive" ]}
-ron = {version = "0.6", default-features = false}
-
-clap = "2.33"
-rustyline = "8.0.0"
-
-# logging
-termcolor = "1.1"
-tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-appender = "0.1"
-tracing-log = "0.1.1"
-tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "chrono", "ansi", "smallvec", "tracing-log"]}
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index e9b61436cd..36feda5f8f 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [features]
 simd = ["vek/platform_intrinsics"]
 plugins = ["common-sys/plugins"]
+bin_bot = ["common-ecs", "serde", "ron", "clap", "rustyline", "termcolor", "tracing-appender", "tracing-log", "tracing-subscriber"]
 
 default = ["simd"]
 
@@ -29,8 +30,25 @@ vek = { version = "=0.14.1", features = ["serde"] }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.9", features = ["rayon", "serde", "nightly"] }
 authc = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git", rev = "fb3dcbc4962b367253f8f2f92760ef44d2679c9a" }
 
+#bot only
+common-ecs = { package = "veloren-common-ecs", path = "../common/ecs", optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "rc", "derive" ], optional = true }
+ron = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, optional = true }
+clap = { version = "2.33", optional = true }
+rustyline = { version = "8.0.0", optional = true }
+## logging
+termcolor = { version = "1.1", optional = true }
+tracing-appender = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
+tracing-log = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
+tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "chrono", "ansi", "smallvec", "tracing-log"], optional = true }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["fmt", "chrono", "ansi", "smallvec"] }
 
 [[example]]
 name = "chat-cli"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "bot"
+#authors = ["Avi Weinstock <aweinstock314@gmail.com>"]
+required-features = ["bin_bot"]
diff --git a/botclient/src/main.rs b/client/src/bin/bot/main.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from botclient/src/main.rs
rename to client/src/bin/bot/main.rs
index 762cd49c1f..ee11c8c631 100644
--- a/botclient/src/main.rs
+++ b/client/src/bin/bot/main.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
+#![feature(str_split_once)]
+
 #[macro_use] extern crate serde;
 
 use authc::AuthClient;
 use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, SubCommand};
-use client::{addr::ConnectionArgs, Client};
-use common::{
-    comp,
-    clock::Clock,
-};
+use common::{clock::Clock, comp};
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
+use veloren_client::{addr::ConnectionArgs, Client};
 
 mod settings;
 
@@ -122,10 +120,7 @@ impl BotClient {
                     .about("Login all registered bots whose username starts with a prefix")
                     .args(&[Arg::with_name("prefix").required(true)]),
             )
-            .subcommand(
-                SubCommand::with_name("tick")
-                    .about("Handle ticks for all logged in bots")
-            )
+            .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("tick").about("Handle ticks for all logged in bots"))
             .get_matches_from_safe(cmd.split(" "));
         use clap::ErrorKind::*;
         match matches {
@@ -164,7 +159,15 @@ impl BotClient {
         };
         info!("usernames: {:?}", usernames);
         if let Some(auth_addr) = self.menu_client.server_info().auth_provider.as_ref() {
-            let authc = AuthClient::new(&*auth_addr).expect("couldn't connect to auth_addr");
+            let (scheme, authority) = auth_addr.split_once("://").expect("invalid auth url");
+            let scheme = scheme
+                .parse::<authc::Scheme>()
+                .expect("invalid auth url scheme");
+            let authority = authority
+                .parse::<authc::Authority>()
+                .expect("invalid auth url authority");
+
+            let authc = AuthClient::new(scheme, authority).expect("couldn't connect to , insecure");
             for username in usernames.iter() {
                 if self
                     .settings
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ impl BotClient {
                 {
                     continue;
                 }
-                match authc.register(username, password) {
+                match self.runtime.block_on(authc.register(username, password)) {
                     Ok(()) => {
                         self.settings.bot_logins.push(BotCreds {
                             username: username.to_string(),
@@ -196,16 +199,28 @@ impl BotClient {
     pub fn client_for_bot(&mut self, username: &str) -> &mut Client {
         let runtime = Arc::clone(&self.runtime);
         let server = self.settings.server.clone();
-        self.bot_clients.entry(username.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| make_client(&runtime, &server))
+        self.bot_clients
+            .entry(username.to_string())
+            .or_insert_with(|| make_client(&runtime, &server))
     }
 
     pub fn handle_login(&mut self, prefix: &str) {
-        let creds: Vec<_> = self.settings.bot_logins.iter().filter(|x| x.username.starts_with(prefix)).cloned().collect();
+        let creds: Vec<_> = self
+            .settings
+            .bot_logins
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|x| x.username.starts_with(prefix))
+            .cloned()
+            .collect();
         for cred in creds.iter() {
             let runtime = Arc::clone(&self.runtime);
             let client = self.client_for_bot(&cred.username);
             // TODO: log the clients in in parallel instead of in series
-            if let Err(e) = runtime.block_on(client.register(cred.username.clone(), cred.password.clone(), |_| true)) {
+            if let Err(e) = runtime.block_on(client.register(
+                cred.username.clone(),
+                cred.password.clone(),
+                |_| true,
+            )) {
                 warn!("error logging in {:?}: {:?}", cred.username, e);
             }
             /*let body = comp::body::biped_large::Body {
@@ -223,8 +238,13 @@ impl BotClient {
                 skin: 0,
                 eye_color: 0,
             };
-            client.create_character(cred.username.clone(), Some("common.items.weapons.sword.starter".to_string()), body.into());
-            //client.create_character(cred.username.clone(), Some("common.items.debug.admin_stick".to_string()), body.into());
+            client.create_character(
+                cred.username.clone(),
+                Some("common.items.weapons.sword.starter".to_string()),
+                body.into(),
+            );
+            //client.create_character(cred.username.clone(),
+            // Some("common.items.debug.admin_stick".to_string()), body.into());
         }
     }
 
@@ -233,9 +253,14 @@ impl BotClient {
         self.clock.tick();
         for (username, client) in self.bot_clients.iter_mut() {
             info!("cl {:?}: {:?}", username, client.character_list());
-            let msgs: Result<Vec<client::Event>, client::Error> =
+            let msgs: Result<Vec<veloren_client::Event>, veloren_client::Error> =
                 client.tick(comp::ControllerInputs::default(), self.clock.dt(), |_| {});
-            info!("msgs {:?}: {:?} {:?}", username, msgs, client.character_list());
+            info!(
+                "msgs {:?}: {:?} {:?}",
+                username,
+                msgs,
+                client.character_list()
+            );
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/botclient/src/settings.rs b/client/src/bin/bot/settings.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from botclient/src/settings.rs
rename to client/src/bin/bot/settings.rs