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ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe

Online 194.46.57.83:29015 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 100 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 18
Rank#10,758top 48%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe17hThu 29 Oct, 18:03 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0510152001:0010:0019:0003:0012:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608001:0010:0019:0003:0012:0022:00

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 17 Sep. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 48% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 18:03 UTC, in 17h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence

20
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

17hThu 29 Oct, 18:03 UTC
7d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 17hThu 12 Nov, 18:03 UTC
21d 17hThu 19 Nov, 18:03 UTC
28d 17hThu 26 Nov, 18:03 UTC
35d 18hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 17hThu 10 Dec, 18:03 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 20, 25 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:03 UTC FW27d ago 20 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe?

A projectnova.gg hostname is published by ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe, and by 1 other server we track, so they probably share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly.

What do the server tags on ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): Every week brings a wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^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.

Population

How does ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe at #10,758, in the top 48% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe right now?

The current tally at ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe: 0 players across 100 slots. Peak for the week was 18, against an average of 0 players. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

About the server

Is ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe online, and how reliable is it?

ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 6 days 3 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 144, a 86% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 59, with 59 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 1,681: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 620 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe located?

No region is published by ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 194.46.57.83:29015.

Which Rust version is ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe on?

On Windows, ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 20 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 25 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Come Thursday 29 October at 18:03 UTC, the next wipe is expected. 27 days 6 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.

Rules and settings

Which map does ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe run?

The procedural map on ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe measures 1,000 and comes from the game with seed 1337. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe?

No gather rate appears in the name of ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join ProjectNova.gg Mars - Wipe Lobby - PVP arenas while we wipe?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 194.46.57.83:29015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://vip.projectnova.gg.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp100
Max players Slots: 100.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Every week brings a wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^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.