Nova
Offline 89.180.237.33:28015 checked 22d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 66% 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 7 Oct, 03:09 UTC22d 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Nova rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #14,577 for player hours, which puts Nova in the top 66% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Nova?
At this count Nova is offline, with its last sighting 22 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): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): The server has 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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?
Nova appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Nova?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 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. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 22 days 20 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Nova run?
Nova uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Nova?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Nova states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Nova run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 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 22 days 5 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 7 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Nova located?
A region is not published by Nova. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 89.180.237.33:28015.
How to join
How do I join Nova?
Either enter client.connect 89.180.237.33:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.