Online199.115.72.20:10000checked 9m ago
Project NOVA
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 58% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 9h. 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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 22:39 UTC10d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 22:22 UTC13d 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
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What are the rules and settings on Project NOVA?
A gather rate is not given in the name of Project NOVA. Up to 8 players form a group, which is the game's default. It runs pve, other players cannot be fought. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser puts it under Modded. The plugin count is Carbon. Its self-description is vanilla: this is Facepunch's standard game, with unchanged rates, kits and rules. VAC from Valve is active as anti-cheat.
Which map is running on Project NOVA?
The map on Project NOVA is procedural, of size 4,500 and seed 1, made by the game. From this page, RustMaps can display it: the same size and seed give the same map. The map is named Custom Map.
Population
How populated is Project NOVA?
On Project NOVA, 0 of 40 slots are filled right now. Averaging 0 players over seven days, it peaked at 1.
What is Project NOVA's ranking among Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, Project NOVA ranks #12,878 for player hours, placing it in the top 58% of all ranked servers.
Tags
How should you interpret the tags on Project NOVA?
These tags are set by Project NOVA and read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must match protocol 2634 to connect; cs166652 (Build): It runs on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for the game; $r? (Region code): There is no region code; ^m (Monthly): Wipes happen monthly, together with the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): This is Facepunch's standard game, with unchanged rates, kits and rules; ^p (PvE): There is no player-versus-player combat; the world itself is the threat; ^z (Modded): You will find it under Modded; the game is changed by plugins or settings; ^y (Carbon): Carbon is the plugin framework used. The top of this page also shows its current players, queue, and world creation time, all from the tags.
Where does Project NOVA appear in When Is Rust Force Wipe lists and filters?
These themed lists on When Is Rust Force Wipe feature Project NOVA: Rust modded servers, listed live and Best Rust PvE servers. Filter 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks to find it on the server list.
Server info
What is the location of Project NOVA?
Region: not published by Project NOVA. The location on When Is Rust Force Wipe is what the server claims; the actual machine location is not checked. Connect using 199.115.72.20:10000.
What is the performance like on Project NOVA?
The average server fps over the last 48 hours was 224, with a low of 177. The world held as many as 149,023 entities: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 6,383 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and entity counts climb.
What is the uptime and reliability of Project NOVA?
Project NOVA is currently up. Its reported uptime shows a restart roughly 10 days 8 hours ago. It was up for 168 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours, 100% of the time. First seen by When Is Rust Force Wipe on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is Project NOVA on?
On Linux, Project NOVA runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
Wipe schedule
When does Project NOVA wipe?
Once a month, Project NOVA wipes with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; that is its next wipe. The world in play now was built 10 days 10 hours ago. The tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
What can you expect on Project NOVA when wipe day arrives?
Its recent wipes averaged 2 players at peak. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. Until the next wipe, the crowd stayed above half that peak in 0% of recent wipes. Otherwise, the crowd fell below half by day 1.
How to join
How can you connect to Project NOVA?
Open Rust, press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 199.115.72.20:10000. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to start Rust via Steam and join.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^p,^m,^v,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp40
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^z
^y
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.