Project NOVA
Online 199.115.72.20:10000 checked 12m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 22:39 UTC24d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 22:22 UTC27d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 3 days | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Project NOVA?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Project NOVA: Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Project NOVA mean?
These are the tags Project NOVA publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Project NOVA rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,432 puts Project NOVA in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Project NOVA right now?
The current tally at Project NOVA: 0 players across 40 slots. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.
Server facts
Is Project NOVA online, and how reliable is it?
Project NOVA is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 5 days 14 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does Project NOVA run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 215, and it never went below 150. Entities reached a maximum of 149,176: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,200 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Project NOVA located?
No region is published by Project NOVA. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 199.115.72.20:10000.
Which Rust version is Project NOVA on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version Project NOVA runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Project NOVA when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on Project NOVA?
Project NOVA wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 24 days 15 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
Rules and settings
Which map does Project NOVA run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1 is what Project NOVA runs, made by the game. 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 Project NOVA?
No gather rate appears in the name of Project NOVA. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Project NOVA?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 199.115.72.20:10000. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.