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Specimen recordcat. no. 3,035habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Oct 2026

Nova Events

Online 45.84.198.25:28015 checked 14m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
2
peak 9
Rank
#3,035
top 14%
Last wipe
4d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123402:0010:0019:0003:0014:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608002:0010:0019:0003:0014:0023:00

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 24 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 14% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0.3 days
usual gap
between real wipes
9
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 24 OctSat 24 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 9, 14 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 24 Oct, 21:25 UTC4d ago 9 – running 8
Sat 24 Oct, 14:31 UTC4d ago 9 – 0.3 days 2

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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Nova Events rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #3,035 for player hours, which puts Nova Events in the top 14% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Nova Events?

The count reads 0 players on Nova Events, which has 50 slots. We counted an average of 2 players in the past week, with 9 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 21:00 UTC, when an average of 3 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Nova Events mean?

These are the tags Nova Events publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Nova Events?

Nova Events appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Nova Events?

Averaged over recent wipes, 9 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 14 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Nova Events?

The record holds too few of Nova Events's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 4 days 3 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Nova Events run?

A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 33616747, generated by the game, is in use on Nova Events. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Nova Events?

No gather rate appears in the name of Nova Events. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Nova Events run?

On Windows, Nova Events runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Nova Events run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 29 server fps, with a low of 17. The entity count reached 71,932: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 2,266 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Nova Events online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Nova Events online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 9 hours ago. It was up 97% of the time over the last 4 full days, 93 out of 96 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 24 October 2026.

Where is Nova Events located?

A region is not published by Nova Events. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 45.84.198.25:28015.

How to join

How do I join Nova Events?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 45.84.198.25:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.