Nova
Offline 5.39.17.8:29344 checked 20d 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 72% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 18:38 UTC27d ago | 0 | – | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Nova?
You'll find Nova on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Nova mean?
These are the tags Nova publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp75 (Max players): Slots: 75; 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; cs166586 (Build): The game build is 166586; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Nova rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Nova at #15,873, in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Nova right now?
Offline now, Nova was last spotted 20 days 16 hours ago.
About the server
Is Nova online, and how reliable is it?
Nova shows as offline, last spotted 20 days 16 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is Nova located?
No region is published by 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 5.39.17.8:29344.
Which Rust version is Nova on?
On Linux, Nova runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Nova when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Nova?
The record of Nova's wipes is still too thin to show 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. 27 days 8 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does Nova run?
Generated by the game with seed 50000, the map on Nova is procedural and 4,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Nova?
The name of Nova 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. 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.
Join up
How do I join Nova?
Enter client.connect 5.39.17.8:29344 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.