nova Testing Grounds
Online 220.233.43.246:28015 checked 14m 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. 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
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 nova Testing Grounds?
The name of nova Testing Grounds does not state a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are possible. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Filed under plugins: Carbon. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned off.
Which map is in use on nova Testing Grounds?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what nova Testing Grounds runs.
Tags and filters
Where does nova Testing Grounds appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
The Rust Server Index lists that include nova Testing Grounds are Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for nova Testing Grounds?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: nova Testing Grounds gives gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp5 (Max players): Player cap: 5; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs163794 (Build): Build on file: 163794; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
Which wipe timetable does nova Testing Grounds follow?
nova Testing Grounds's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 45 days 20 hours is when its current world was made.
Player counts
How is nova Testing Grounds ranked compared with the rest?
Filed under rankings: #15,349 for nova Testing Grounds on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
Is nova Testing Grounds quiet or crowded?
nova Testing Grounds is currently showing 0 players on 5 slots. 0 players is the average over the past seven days.
Server facts
What version does nova Testing Grounds use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Linux is what you will find on nova Testing Grounds. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is nova Testing Grounds, and is it online now?
The server is live at this moment: nova Testing Grounds. Of the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were up, 99% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 13 September 2026.
What is the location of nova Testing Grounds?
There is no region on record for nova Testing Grounds; it publishes none. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 220.233.43.246:28015.
Connecting
What steps lead onto nova Testing Grounds?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 220.233.43.246:28015. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2633
cs163794
ptrak
$r?
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.