On air · chart position #15,353
nova Testing Grounds
Online 220.233.43.246:28015 checked 13m ago
Players
nova Testing Grounds
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 69% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
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Quick answers
About the server
Is nova Testing Grounds online, and how reliable is it?
nova Testing Grounds is up as you read this. 167 of 168 hours is what it managed over the past 7 full days, 99% of the time. Rust Charts has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Where is nova Testing Grounds located?
There's no region listed for nova Testing Grounds. Rust Charts doesn't look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 220.233.43.246:28015 is its address.
Which version of Rust does nova Testing Grounds run?
The build behind nova Testing Grounds is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794, hosted on Linux. Steam updates your game for you; all you need is the same protocol to join.
Population
How busy is nova Testing Grounds?
On nova Testing Grounds, 0 players are in and 5 slots are the ceiling. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players.
How does nova Testing Grounds rank against other Rust servers?
In the seven-day player hours table, nova Testing Grounds is #15,353, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Wipes and resets
What is the wipe schedule on nova Testing Grounds?
Too few wipes on record for nova Testing Grounds to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and it covers every Rust server. The world in play was made 45 days 22 hours.
Rules and world
What are the rules and settings on nova Testing Grounds?
The name nova Testing Grounds carries no gather rate. 8 players is the group limit, the default for the game. survival is the game mode, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. PvP is on: players fight and raid. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded. The plugins it runs number Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is off.
Which map does nova Testing Grounds run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what nova Testing Grounds runs.
Tags explained
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include nova Testing Grounds?
The Rust Charts lists that carry nova Testing Grounds are: Modded Rust servers. On the server list, these filters put it in view: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on nova Testing Grounds mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival rules apply; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794 is what runs here; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^z (Modded): This one is modded, so plugins or settings alter play; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run on Carbon here — that's the set of tags nova Testing Grounds publishes for the server browser. At the top of this page you'll see the tags' extra details: players now, the queue, and the age of the world.
Getting in
How do I join nova Testing Grounds?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 220.233.43.246:28015. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.