nova Testing Grounds
Online 220.233.43.246:28015 checked 11m 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. 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
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include nova Testing Grounds?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include nova Testing Grounds: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on nova Testing Grounds mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from nova Testing Grounds: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): Slots: 5; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633, so your client has to match it to join; cs163794 (Build): The game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does nova Testing Grounds rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,341 puts nova Testing Grounds in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on nova Testing Grounds right now?
nova Testing Grounds is holding 0 players, with 5 slots in total. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is nova Testing Grounds online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, nova Testing Grounds is online. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is nova Testing Grounds located?
No region is published by nova Testing Grounds. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 220.233.43.246:28015.
Which Rust version is nova Testing Grounds on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 is the version nova Testing Grounds runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on nova Testing Grounds?
nova Testing Grounds's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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. 46 days 2 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does nova Testing Grounds run?
nova Testing Grounds uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on nova Testing Grounds?
The name of nova Testing Grounds says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Carbon. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
How to join
How do I join nova Testing Grounds?
Enter client.connect 220.233.43.246:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.