RS-14577Community server
Nova
Offline 89.180.237.33:28015 checked 7d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 66% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 7 Oct, 03:09 UTC8d ago | 1 | – | 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 wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Player count
What is the typical player count on Nova?
Currently, Nova is offline; the last sighting was 7 days 17 hours ago.
How is Nova ranked?
On player hours across seven days, Nova is #14,577, inside the top 66% of all ranked servers.
Server tags and lists
On Top Rust Servers, which lists and filters carry Nova?
These Top Rust Servers lists include Nova: Best Rust community servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What is the meaning of the tags on Nova?
The game's server browser reads the tags that Nova publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival, as in Rust; mp20 (Max players): There are 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634 is required to join; your game must be on the same version; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Shown at the top of this page, and also in the tags: its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made.
Rules, settings, and map
What map is used on Nova?
Nova uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What does Nova run for rules and settings?
No gather rate is given in the name Nova. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. You play survival, the normal mode where you gather, build and raid. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. It appears under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
Server details
What Rust version is Nova on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is what Nova runs, on Linux. Your game needs the same protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Where can Nova be found?
No region is published by Nova. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. It answers at 89.180.237.33:28015.
Is Nova currently online?
Currently offline is Nova, last seen 7 days 17 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, it was online for 0 of 168 hours, or 0%. The first time Top Rust Servers saw it was on 7 October 2026.
Wipe details
What can you expect on wipe day on Nova?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe saw its highest player count 0 hours in.
On what schedule does Nova wipe?
Not enough wipe data exists yet to identify the rhythm of Nova. Every Rust server is wiped by the force wipe each month; the next occurs on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 8 days 7 hours ago.
Joining the server
What is the process to join Nova?
Use the console: open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 89.180.237.33:28015. Or simply click Launch Rust here; it opens the game through Steam and connects you.