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Camera-shy: no banner published NOVARA | PLAYTEST Onlineright now +1since yesterday
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NOVARA | PLAYTEST

Online 176.224.105.75:7007 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 10 slots 10% full +1against this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#4,433top 20%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe7d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5204:0013:0023:0008:0017:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040004:0013:0023:0008:0017:0002:00

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 24 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12.5k5k7.5k10k30 Sep6 Oct12 Oct18 Oct24 Oct30 Oct

Top 20% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

21.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctThu 1 Oct
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 47 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 23:24 UTC7d ago 2 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 21:31 UTC FW28d ago 1 halved by day 3 21.1 days 1

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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include NOVARA | PLAYTEST?

You'll find NOVARA | PLAYTEST on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on NOVARA | PLAYTEST mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from NOVARA | PLAYTEST: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does NOVARA | PLAYTEST rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #4,433 puts NOVARA | PLAYTEST in the top 20% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on NOVARA | PLAYTEST right now?

NOVARA | PLAYTEST is holding 1 players, with 10 slots in total. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 04:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Server details

Is NOVARA | PLAYTEST online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, NOVARA | PLAYTEST is up and running. About 23 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 92%, with 155 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 29 September 2026.

Does NOVARA | PLAYTEST run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 165, and it never went below 103. Entities reached a maximum of 48,135: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,496 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is NOVARA | PLAYTEST located?

There is no region from NOVARA | PLAYTEST. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 176.224.105.75:7007.

Which Rust version is NOVARA | PLAYTEST on?

On Windows, NOVARA | PLAYTEST runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on NOVARA | PLAYTEST when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. 47 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 3 whenever it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on NOVARA | PLAYTEST?

Too few wipes are on record for NOVARA | PLAYTEST to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 7 days 4 hours is when the present world was made.

Rules and settings

Which map does NOVARA | PLAYTEST run?

The procedural map on NOVARA | PLAYTEST measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 493978749. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on NOVARA | PLAYTEST?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on NOVARA | PLAYTEST. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join NOVARA | PLAYTEST?

Enter client.connect 176.224.105.75:7007 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://discord.com/invite/KdxeGGH5fN.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp10
Max players Slots: 10.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.