Nova
Offline 5.39.17.8:29344 checked 20d 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 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 0players, last three wipes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 OCT 2026Fri 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.
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
On Nova, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Nova. 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: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
What is the map on Nova?
Size 4,000, seed 50000: the game generates the procedural map on Nova. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Nova?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Nova are Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is meant by the tags on Nova?
Filed under these tags, as published by Nova and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp75 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 75; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166586 (Build): Build on file: 166586; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, provides the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe dates
How does a wipe day run on Nova?
Its recent wipes averaged 0 players at peak. The latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
Which wipe timetable does Nova follow?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of Nova's wipes. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now was made 26 days 18 hours.
Player counts
Where does Nova sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Nova at #15,873, among the top 72% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Nova look like?
At present Nova is offline; its last sighting was 20 days 2 hours ago.
Operator and status
What version does Nova use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Linux is what you will find on Nova. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is Nova reachable, and does it stay up?
Last seen 20 days 2 hours ago, Nova is offline right now. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 13 September 2026.
Where in the world is Nova hosted?
No region is published by Nova. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 5.39.17.8:29344.
How to join
What steps lead onto Nova?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 5.39.17.8:29344 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp75,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp75
ts8
v2634
cs166586
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.