Nova
5.39.17.8:29344 checked 5d 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
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 UTC12d 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
Quick answers
Map and rules
Which settings and rules apply on Nova?
You will not find a gather rate in the name Nova. The group cap is 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the regular game. You can fight and raid other players here. The server browser lists it under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. It runs plugins: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Which map is active on Nova?
A procedural map, size 4,000 with seed 50000, generated by the game, is what Nova runs. From this page, RustMaps can show it: size and seed produce the same map each time.
Server population
What is the population like on Nova?
The server Nova is currently offline; it was last seen 5 days 12 hours ago. Averaged over the last week, the player count is 0.
Where does Nova sit in the rankings?
For player hours over the last week, Nova is #15,912, which puts it in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Nova?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Nova: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust mode; mp75 (Max players): The server has 75 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8—the default setting for Rust; v2634 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2634 on your game to join; cs166586 (Build): It runs build 166586; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left unset; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings. The tags carry its players now, its queue and the time its world was made as well, and the top of this page displays them.
Which Rust Zerg Life filters and lists cover Nova?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include Nova are Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
How reliable is Nova, and is it up?
Nova is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 5 days 12 hours ago. It was up 35% of the time across the last 7 full days: 59 of 168 hours. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 13 September 2026.
What version is Nova using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 is what Nova runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, which Steam updates automatically.
What is the location of Nova?
From Nova, no region is published. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. Connect to it at 5.39.17.8:29344.
Wipe schedule
What can you expect on wipe day on Nova?
The average peak for its recent wipes was 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What schedule does Nova follow for wipes?
The record of Nova's wipes is too thin to reveal its rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC: the monthly force wipe that every Rust server gets. The world in play right now was made 12 days 4 hours ago.
How to join
What is the process to join Nova?
You can join by opening the console with F1 and typing client.connect 5.39.17.8:29344. Or hit Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp75,ptrak,$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.