Project NOVA
199.115.72.20:10000 checked 10m 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 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 3 days between real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0% else halves by day 1
Coming wipes
- 22d 22hThu 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 22:39 UTC 9d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 22:22 UTC 12d 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
Quick answers
Population
Where does Project NOVA sit in the rankings?
In the top 57% of all ranked servers, Project NOVA is #12,868 on player hours for the last seven days.
How many players are on Project NOVA?
The current player count for Project NOVA is 0, out of 40 slots. The seven-day average player count stands at 0, and the highest point was 1.
Tags and Filters
What is the meaning of the tags on Project NOVA?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags Project NOVA publishes are: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival, vanilla style; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs166652 (Build): Running build 166652; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month on the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped; ^p (PvE): No player combat—the environment is the danger; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Uses Carbon for plugins. Current players, queue and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
Where does Project NOVA appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Project NOVA are: Best modded Rust servers and Best Rust PvE servers. On the server list, the filters that bring it up are: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Information
What Rust version is Project NOVA on?
The combination is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux for Project NOVA. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
Project NOVA performance: is it smooth?
Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 225, with a low of 177. It held up to 149,023 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. At its highest, memory usage was 6,383 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
Project NOVA uptime and reliability: what are they?
Project NOVA is currently online. The uptime it reports shows a restart roughly 9 days 20 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. The first time BestRustServers.xyz saw it was on 13 September 2026.
Where can Project NOVA be found?
No region is given by Project NOVA. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 199.115.72.20:10000 is its address.
Settings & Map
What is the map on Project NOVA?
A procedural map of size 4,500 and seed 1 is what Project NOVA runs, generated by the game. The map can be viewed on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed fix it. The map is named Custom Map.
What rules and configuration does Project NOVA have?
The name Project NOVA carries no gather multiplier. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. It runs pve, other players cannot be fought. The Modded section of the browser holds it: plugins or settings apply. Plugins in use: Carbon. In its own words, it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped. VAC: on.
Wipe Information
Project NOVA wipe schedule: what does it show?
The force wipe is the one monthly wipe on Project NOVA. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its world dates from 9 days 22 hours. The tags declare wipes once a month.
On Project NOVA, what occurs on wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Half the peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 1 the crowd had fallen below half in the wipes that did not hold.
How to Join
What is the process to join Project NOVA?
To connect, type client.connect 199.115.72.20:10000 in the F1 console. Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and joins you.
Server tags
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^p,^m,^v,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmvanilla- Game mode Survival, vanilla style.
mp40- Max players The server has 40 slots.
ts8- Group limit The game default is 8 per team.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs166652- Build Running build 166652.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly This server wipes once a month on the force wipe.
Difficulty
^v- Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped.
Gameplay
^p- PvE No player combat—the environment is the danger.
Mods and access
^z- Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded.
^y- Carbon Uses Carbon for plugins.
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.