Nova
Offline 5.39.17.8:29344 checked 20d ago
Measurements
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 UTC26d 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Nova rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Nova places at #15,873, within the top 72% of ranked servers.
How busy is Nova?
At this count Nova is offline, with its last sighting 20 days 5 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Nova mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Nova publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp75 (Max players): You can join up to 75 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166586 (Build): This server runs game build 166586; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Nova?
These Rust Population lists include Nova: 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.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Nova?
Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Nova?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Nova's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 21 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Nova run?
Nova uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,000 with seed 50000. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Nova?
No gather rate appears in the name of Nova. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Nova run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Linux is what Nova uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Nova online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Nova was last seen 20 days 5 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Nova located?
Nothing published by Nova states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 5.39.17.8:29344.
Getting in
How do I join Nova?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.39.17.8:29344; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.