Project NOVA
Online 199.115.72.20:10000 checked 13m ago
Stats
- Players
- 0/ 40
- 0% full
- Slots
- 40open
- 40 max players
- 7-day avg
- 0
- 7-day average · peak –
- FPS
- 232
- server frames a second, the latest hour; the bar fills at 60
- Uptime
- 6d 2h
- since its last restart; the bar fills at a day
- Rank
- #15,353
- top 69%
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 69% 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 7d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageRules and settings
Which map is loaded on Project NOVA?
Project NOVA runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1, generated by the game. From this page RustMaps displays it, since the same size and seed always give the same map. Under map name it shows Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Project NOVA?
The name of Project NOVA carries no gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. It plays as pve, no player-versus-player combat. Plugins or settings change the game, and the browser files it under Modded. It runs plugins: Carbon. The server's own label is vanilla: this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules untouched. Anti-cheat is on: VAC is enabled.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Project NOVA?
Wipes on Project NOVA come once a month, with the force wipe and no other. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and that is its next wipe. 25 days 3 hours is how long the current world has been up. Monthly wipes are what the tags promise.
What happens on Project NOVA when wipe day arrives?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 2 players. On the latest wipe, 1 hours in, the crowd hit its peak. 0% of its recent wipes held more than half the peak all the way to the next wipe. Day 1 is when it dropped under half on the wipes that failed to hold.
Tag guide
What do the server tags on Project NOVA mean?
The server browser reads these tags from Project NOVA: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp40 (Max players): It holds 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to join; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the default network layer of the game; $r? (Region code): Region: not set; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly, alongside the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules untouched; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the danger comes from the world; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: settings or plugins change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): It runs Carbon, a framework for plugins. From the tags, this page's top section also gives you the current players, the queue and the age of the world.
Which Rust Leaderboard lists and filters include Project NOVA?
Project NOVA appears on the following Rust Leaderboard lists: Best modded Rust servers and Rust PvE servers leaderboard. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
Server facts
Which Rust version is Project NOVA on?
The build behind Project NOVA: Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux. Steam updates your game so it sits on the same protocol needed to join.
Is Project NOVA up right now, and how steady is it?
Project NOVA is up, live and reachable this moment. Going by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 2 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days: 167 of 168 hours on. Rust Leaderboard logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
How well does Project NOVA perform?
Averaged over the last 48 hours, server fps was 214, with a low of 150. Up to 149,181 entities were in play, buildings and deployables among them. Memory use peaked at 5,200 MB. What reads as lag to players: fps falling and entities piling up.
Where in the world is Project NOVA hosted?
No region is published by Project NOVA. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Leaderboard displays, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 199.115.72.20:10000.
Player count
Where does Project NOVA sit on the leaderboard?
Player hours over seven days put Project NOVA at #15,353, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Project NOVA right now?
The live score is 0 players on Project NOVA, out of 40 slots. Over seven days, players averaged 0.
Getting in
How do I join Project NOVA?
In the Rust console (F1) enter client.connect 199.115.72.20:10000. Launch Rust from this page instead and it opens the game through Steam and joins for you.