Project NOVA
Online 199.115.72.20:10000 checked 4m ago
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 48% 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 34d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 30 Sep, 22:22 UTC1d ago | – | – | 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.
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What is the wipe schedule on Project NOVA?
Project NOVA wipes once a month, with the force wipe. Its next wipe is the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. Its current world was made 25 hours ago. It publishes a monthly wipe schedule in its tags.
Players
How busy is Project NOVA?
Right now Project NOVA has 0 players on 40 slots. Over the last seven days it averaged 0 players and peaked at 1. In the last 48 hours it was busiest at 23:00 UTC, with 1 players on average.
How does Project NOVA rank against other Rust servers?
Project NOVA is #10,962 on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 48% of all ranked servers.
Rules and map
What are the rules and settings on Project NOVA?
Project NOVA gives no gather rate in its name. Groups can have up to 8 players, the game's default. Its game mode is pve, no fighting other players. It is listed under Modded in the server browser: plugins or settings change the game. It runs Carbon plugins. It calls itself vanilla: the game as Facepunch ships it: no changed rates, kits or rules. Valve's anti-cheat, VAC, is on.
Which map does Project NOVA run?
Project NOVA runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 4,500 with seed 1. The same size and seed give the same map, so it can be looked at on RustMaps from this page. Its map name reads: Custom Map.
Tags and lists
What do the server tags on Project NOVA mean?
Project NOVA publishes these tags, which the game's server browser reads: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team, the game default; v2633 (Protocol): Game protocol 2633: your game has to be on the same version to join; cs165217 (Build): Game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the game's standard network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code set; ^m (Monthly): Wipes once a month, with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): The game as Facepunch ships it: no changed rates, kits or rules; ^p (PvE): Players don't fight each other; the danger is the world; ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded: plugins or settings change the game; ^y (Carbon): Runs Carbon, a plugin framework. Its players now, its queue and the time its world was made are in the tags too, and are shown at the top of this page.
Which Zongarust lists and filters include Project NOVA?
Project NOVA fits these Zongarust lists: Best modded Rust servers and Best Rust PvE servers. On the server list it comes up under these filters: 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 3 days.
The server
Where is Project NOVA located?
Project NOVA publishes no region. Zongarust shows where a server says it is; it does not look up where the machine stands. Its address is 199.115.72.20:10000.
Is Project NOVA online, and how reliable is it?
Project NOVA is online right now. It last restarted about 24 hours ago, going by the uptime it reports. Over the last 7 full days it was up 100% of the time, 168 of 168 hours. Zongarust first saw it on 13 September 2026.
Does Project NOVA run smoothly?
Over the last 48 hours it ran at 232 server fps on average, never below 201. It carried up to 148,470 entities: buildings, deployables and everything else in the world. It used up to 4,417 MB of memory. Low fps and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag.
Which version of Rust does Project NOVA run?
Project NOVA runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux. Your game has to be on the same protocol to join; Steam updates it for you.
Joining
How do I join Project NOVA?
Start Rust, press F1 to open the console and enter client.connect 199.115.72.20:10000. Or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Its website is http://www.bisecthosting.com.