Project NOVA
Online 199.115.72.20:10000 checked 8m 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 72% 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 18d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 18d 9hThu 5 Nov, 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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 22:39 UTC14d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 22:22 UTC17d 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
- 46/ 200
- 65/ 200
- 21/ 100
- 46/ 200
- 19/ 100
- 37/ 150
Quick answers
Tags and filters
Where does Project NOVA appear in Rust Going Deep lists and filters?
These Rust Going Deep lists include Project NOVA: Modded Rust servers and Go deep on PvE servers. You can find it on the server list by 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.
How should you read the tags on Project NOVA?
The server browser shows these tags for Project NOVA: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp40 (Max players): It holds 40 players; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version won't get you in; cs166652 (Build): It's on build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): It has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed with the Facepunch force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, no kits, no rule tweaks: this is the game Facepunch released; ^p (PvE): Other players aren't a threat; the world is; ^z (Modded): You'll see it in Modded, since plugins or settings modify the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon is the plugin framework it uses. The tags carry its player count right now, its queue and the world's age, and all three are displayed up top.
About the server
What's the performance like on Project NOVA?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 223 server fps, never dropping below 179. The entity count reached a high of 148,905, covering buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 7,235 MB. Players experience lag when fps drops and entities climb.
Where can you find Project NOVA?
There is no published region for Project NOVA. Rust Going Deep takes the server's word for its location and does not find out where the hardware sits. You can reach it at 199.115.72.20:10000.
What's the uptime like for Project NOVA?
Project NOVA is up and reachable at the moment. The uptime it gives puts the last restart at roughly 14 days 9 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last full 7 days, 168 of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Going Deep was on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is Project NOVA on?
On Linux, Project NOVA runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. The protocol must match to join; Steam will update your game.
Wipe info
When does Project NOVA wipe?
The only wipe Project NOVA takes is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, wiping every Rust server, and that is its next wipe. This world has been running since 14 days 10 hours ago. Its tags publish a wipe schedule that runs monthly.
What happens on wipe day at Project NOVA?
The average peak across recent wipes is 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe started, the crowd hit its peak. Recent wipes kept the crowd above half that peak until the next wipe 0% of the time. It held on until day 1, then dipped below half.
Map and rules
Which rules and settings is Project NOVA running?
No gather rate appears in the name of Project NOVA. Up to 8 players per group, which is the default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. Plugins or settings change the game, so the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running here. Vanilla is its own description: no changed rates, no kits, no rule tweaks: this is the game Facepunch released. The server runs Valve's anti-cheat, VAC.
Which map is active on Project NOVA?
Project NOVA uses a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1, made by the game. RustMaps can display it from this page because the same size and seed yield the same map. It goes by the map name Custom Map.
Player stats
Is Project NOVA busy?
Project NOVA is holding 0 players on its 40 slots at the moment. Over the past week it has drawn 0 players on average.
Where does Project NOVA sit in the rankings?
For player hours in the last seven days, Project NOVA ranks #15,843, within the top 72% of ranked servers.
Getting in
How do you get into Project NOVA?
Use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 199.115.72.20:10000.