Operation Birddog
Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 7m 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
Top 54% of all ranked servers, top 73% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 8d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 36d 10hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 23 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 17:43 UTC FW26d ago |
2 | – | 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.
Rules and settings
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Operation Birddog?
No gather rate appears in the name Operation Birddog. 8 players per group is the default limit. The server runs pve, player combat is not allowed. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Plugins in use: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
What is the map on Operation Birddog?
Operation Birddog runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is Operation Birddog filed under?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Operation Birddog: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style, Rust PvE servers, filed A to Z and North American Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
How should you read the tags listed for Operation Birddog?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Operation Birddog gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp50 (Max players): Player cap: 50; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^p (PvE): Player against player combat is off; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, provides the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded; NA (North America): Server browser region: North America. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe schedule
How does a wipe day run on Operation Birddog?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 2 players. The latest wipe peaked 23 hours in.
When does Operation Birddog wipe?
One wipe a month is all Operation Birddog runs, and it comes with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its present world dates from 26 days 14 hours. Filed in its tags: a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
What position does Operation Birddog hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #11,961 for Operation Birddog on seven-day player hours, #1,370 in North America, top 54% overall.
What does the player count on Operation Birddog look like?
The live count for Operation Birddog stands at 0 players, out of 50 slots. Averaged across seven days: 0 players, peaking at 1.
Operator and status
Which Rust build is Operation Birddog running?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Linux, is what Operation Birddog runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is Operation Birddog, and is it online now?
You will find Operation Birddog online as of now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 23 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were up, 100% of the time. On 13 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
How well does Operation Birddog perform?
The last 48 hours give an average of 5 server fps and a floor of 5. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 75,758 entities. Up to 2,748 MB of memory was in use. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
Where in the world is Operation Birddog hosted?
Operation Birddog gives North America as its location and the tag NA. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 89.28.237.37:28030.
Connecting
What is the way onto Operation Birddog?
Enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.