Operation Birddog
Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 13m ago
Vital stats
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 7d 17h. 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 FW27d 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Operation Birddog?
You'll find Operation Birddog on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters on the server 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.
What do the server tags on Operation Birddog mean?
For the server browser, Operation Birddog lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Operation Birddog rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, Operation Birddog sits at #11,957, inside the top 54% of ranked servers and at #1,364 in North America.
How many players are on Operation Birddog right now?
0 players are on Operation Birddog at the moment, out of 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.
Server details
Is Operation Birddog online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Operation Birddog is online. About 16 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does Operation Birddog run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 5, and it never went below 5. Entities reached a maximum of 76,264: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,748 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Operation Birddog located?
Operation Birddog uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 89.28.237.37:28030.
Which Rust version is Operation Birddog on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Operation Birddog runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Operation Birddog when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 23 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Operation Birddog?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Operation Birddog, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 27 days 7 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does Operation Birddog run?
Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on Operation Birddog is procedural and 3,500 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Operation Birddog?
No gather rate appears in the name of Operation Birddog. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join Operation Birddog?
Enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.