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Operation Birddog
Online, with 0 of 50 players on; ranked #11,968 of every public Rust server, the top 54%. It last wiped 26d ago.
Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 6m ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 54% of all ranked servers, top 73% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Force wipes only.
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 12h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 12hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 23 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:43 UTC FW26d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
Note: 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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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
What should you expect on wipe day at Operation Birddog?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 23 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd on the server reached its peak.
When does Operation Birddog wipe, and how often?
Each month Operation Birddog wipes, and only with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that applies to all Rust servers. The world you are playing on now was made 26 days 12 hours ago. Its tags state a monthly wipe schedule.
Server
How well does Operation Birddog perform?
Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 5, with a floor of 5. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 75,758. The highest memory figure was 2,748 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
What Rust version is live on Operation Birddog?
Running on Linux, Operation Birddog is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
How reliable is Operation Birddog, and is it up at the moment?
Right now Operation Birddog is up and running. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 21 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 168 of 168 hours up, or 100% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 13 September 2026.
In which location does Operation Birddog sit?
With its NA tag, Operation Birddog lists itself in North America. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. You can reach it at 89.28.237.37:28030.
Lists and tags
Which meanings sit behind the tags on Operation Birddog?
The tags gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots in total; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams cap at 8; v2635 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month; ^p (PvE): There is no player fighting; the world itself is the danger; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded; NA (North America): Find it in the browser under North America are what Operation Birddog publishes, and the server browser in the game reads them. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
Where does Operation Birddog turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
The Rust Insights lists that carry Operation Birddog are Modded Rust servers, explained, Rust PvE servers, live and North American Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that surface it are Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Population
What does the population of Operation Birddog look like?
Operation Birddog shows 0 players at the moment, against 50 slots. Over the past week it peaked at 1 and averaged 0 players.
Where does Operation Birddog sit in the rankings?
In North America, Operation Birddog is #1,369; across all ranked servers it is #11,968 on seven-day player hours, in the top 54%.
Rules and settings
What are the settings and rules for Operation Birddog?
No gather rate appears in the name of Operation Birddog. The default of 8 players per group is what applies here. You get pve as the game mode, no fighting other players. The server browser lists it under Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Oxide run here. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.
Which map is live on Operation Birddog?
Operation Birddog runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1, generated by the game. The same size and seed produce the same map, so from this page you can look at it on RustMaps.
How to join
How can you get onto Operation Birddog?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.