Element card · group Modded · atomic number 15,873, its rank
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
daily · 1 is best
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageSettings and map
What map is in play on Nova?
Nova runs a procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 50000; the game generates it. Same size and seed give the same map, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.
What rules has Nova set, and what settings are in force?
No gather rate appears in the name of Nova. With no change from the default, groups can hold up to 8 players. Play runs as survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. In the server browser it sits under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.
Server facts
What region hosts Nova?
There is no region on record for Nova. The location shown is the one a server states; Rust Data Lab does not check where the machine actually stands. 5.39.17.8:29344 is the address it uses.
On what Rust version does Nova operate?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Linux is what Nova uses. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
How dependable is Nova for staying online?
Nova is not online at the moment; the last sighting was 20 days 6 hours ago. For the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, giving 0% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 13 September 2026.
Wipe days
When does Nova wipe, and how often?
Nova's wipe history on record is too thin yet to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe resets every Rust server; it next occurs on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Counting back, the current world began 26 days 22 hours ago.
What does a typical wipe day on Nova involve?
Recent wipes on average reached 0 players at their busiest. Peak numbers on the latest wipe came 0 hours in.
Lists and tags
What should you understand from the tags Nova carries?
These are the tags Nova makes public for the server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game here; mp75 (Max players): Player slots: 75; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634 is required; join only if your game matches it; cs166586 (Build): Build number: 166586; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard in Rust; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set here; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) powers the plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it lists under Modded. Current players, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags too, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does Nova appear in?
You will find Nova on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Modded Rust servers, measured. You can find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
What position does Nova hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours table has Nova at #15,873, in the top 72% of ranked servers.
What does the current player count on Nova tell you?
Nova is offline at the moment; the last sighting was 20 days 6 hours ago.
How to join
What steps get you onto Nova?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 5.39.17.8:29344, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.