NOVA TEST
Offline 90.21.61.231:28015 checked 6h 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 30% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct, 15:33 UTC2d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Tue 20 Oct, 08:44 UTC8d ago | 1 | – | 6.3 days | 1 |
| Fri 16 Oct, 12:57 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | 3.8 days | 1 |
| Tue 29 Sep, 13:21 UTC29d ago | 2 | held half | 17 days | 1 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 09:09 UTC30d ago | 2 | – | 1.2 days | 2 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 15:53 UTC31d ago | 2 | – | 0.7 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 22:04 UTC34d ago | 2 | – | 2.7 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 07:37 UTC34d ago | 2 | – | 0.6 days | 1 |
| Sat 19 Sep, 08:04 UTC39d ago | 1 | held half | 5 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 NOVA TEST?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include NOVA TEST: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
What do the server tags on NOVA TEST mean?
These are the tags NOVA TEST publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; 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): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does NOVA TEST rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank NOVA TEST at #6,705, within the top 30% of ranked servers.
How many players are on NOVA TEST right now?
Offline now, NOVA TEST was last spotted 6 hours ago. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server details
Is NOVA TEST online, and how reliable is it?
The server NOVA TEST is not online now; 6 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 11% of the time over the last 7 full days, 18 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Where is NOVA TEST located?
There is no region from NOVA TEST. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 90.21.61.231:28015.
Which Rust version is NOVA TEST on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version NOVA TEST runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on NOVA TEST when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 100% of the time.
What is the wipe schedule on NOVA TEST?
No next wipe can be predicted for NOVA TEST: its wipes happen at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 2 days 6 hours.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on NOVA TEST?
No gather rate appears in the name of NOVA TEST. 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 on.
Getting in
How do I join NOVA TEST?
Enter client.connect 90.21.61.231:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.