Operation Birddog
Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 11m ago
Measurements
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 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Operation Birddog rank against other Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put Operation Birddog at #11,922, or #1,371 in North America, inside the top 54% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Operation Birddog?
Operation Birddog holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.
Tags
What do the server tags on Operation Birddog mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Operation Birddog is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Operation Birddog?
On Rust Population, Operation Birddog is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: 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.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Operation Birddog?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. 23 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Operation Birddog?
The force wipe is the only wipe Operation Birddog takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 26 days 5 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Map and rules
Which map does Operation Birddog run?
Operation Birddog uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 1. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Operation Birddog?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Operation Birddog states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs pve, no player combat. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Operation Birddog run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Operation Birddog uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Operation Birddog run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Up to 75,898 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,748 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is Operation Birddog online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Operation Birddog is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 13 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is Operation Birddog located?
The NA tag is how Operation Birddog places itself in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 89.28.237.37:28030.
How to join
How do I join Operation Birddog?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.