Nova
Offline 89.180.237.33:28015 checked 21d 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 70% 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 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 6 Oct, 19:55 UTC21d ago | 1 | – | 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: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Nova mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Nova: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp20 (Max players): There are 20 slots; 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): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. 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 Nova rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Nova at #15,613, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Nova right now?
Nova went quiet 21 days 12 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is Nova online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Nova was last seen 21 days 12 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 6 October 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. You'll find it at 89.180.237.33:28015.
Which Rust version is Nova on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version Nova runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Nova when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Nova?
Nova's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 21 days 17 hours is when the present world was made.
Rules and settings
Which map does Nova run?
A procedural map is what Nova runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Nova?
No gather rate appears in the name of Nova. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
How to join
How do I join Nova?
Enter client.connect 89.180.237.33:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.