Project NOVA
Online 199.115.72.20:10000 checked 7m 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
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 3 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0%else halves by day 1
Coming wipes
- in 7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 35d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 OCT 2026Sat 3 Oct, 22:39 UTC25d ago |
2 | – | running | 0 |
30 SEP 2026Wed 30 Sep, 22:22 UTC28d 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
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Project NOVA?
The name of Project NOVA does not state a gather rate. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs pve, player combat is not allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Filed under plugins: Carbon. The server describes itself as vanilla: rates, kits and rules are untouched, so it plays as Facepunch made it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on Project NOVA?
Project NOVA runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map. Filed under map name: Custom Map.
Tags
Where does Project NOVA appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Project NOVA: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style and Rust PvE servers, filed A to Z. It appears under the following filters on the server list: 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.
How should you read the tags listed for Project NOVA?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Project NOVA gives gmvanilla (Game mode): Filed under vanilla survival; mp40 (Max players): Player cap: 40; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build here is 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside the Facepunch force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Rates, kits and rules are untouched, so it plays as Facepunch made it; ^p (PvE): The world is the threat here, not other players; ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
What should you expect on Project NOVA when wipe day comes?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 2 players. The latest wipe peaked 1 hours in. Half that peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the other cases, numbers dropped below half by day 1.
When does Project NOVA wipe?
One wipe a month is all Project NOVA runs, and it comes with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 25 days is when its current world was made. Its tags state a wipe schedule of once a month.
Population
Where does Project NOVA sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Project NOVA at #15,344, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Project NOVA at the moment?
Project NOVA is currently showing 0 players on 40 slots. 0 players is the average over the past seven days.
Server details
What Rust version is Project NOVA on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652, on Linux, is what Project NOVA runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Project NOVA reachable, and does it stay up?
The server is live at this moment: Project NOVA. Its reported uptime gives the last restart as roughly 5 days 22 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 100%, 168 hours out of 168. On 13 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Is the performance on Project NOVA good?
Server fps held at 214 on average across the last 48 hours, never dropping below 150. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 149,181 entities. Up to 5,200 MB of memory was in use. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
What is the location of Project NOVA?
No region is published by Project NOVA. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 199.115.72.20:10000.
Joining the server
What steps lead onto Project NOVA?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 199.115.72.20:10000. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published 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.