Operation Birddog
Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 9m ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server 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.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 54% of all ranked servers, top 74% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. 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.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Operation Birddog?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 2 players. 23 hours into the latest wipe, player numbers topped out.
What is the wipe schedule on Operation Birddog?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all Operation Birddog runs. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 26 days 3 hours ago the server made the world it is on now. A monthly wipe is what its tags declare.
Population
How busy is Operation Birddog?
Of 50 slots on Operation Birddog, 0 are in use right now. A seven-day average of 0 players, with a peak of 1.
How does Operation Birddog rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days, Operation Birddog is #11,912 globally (top 54%) and #1,374 in North America.
Map and rules
Which map does Operation Birddog run?
Operation Birddog runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Operation Birddog?
A gather rate is not given in the name Operation Birddog. The group limit is 8 players, which is the game's default. The server runs pve, other players cannot be fought. In the server browser it is Modded, meaning plugins or settings modify the game. Oxide plugins are in use. VAC is on, which is Valve's anti-cheat.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Operation Birddog run?
The build on Operation Birddog is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, running on Linux. Your game must run the same protocol to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Operation Birddog online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Operation Birddog shows as online. About 11 hours ago is when it last restarted, by its own uptime figure. It was up 168 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 100% of the time. It first appears in Rust Heatmap records on 13 September 2026.
Where is Operation Birddog located?
In North America, Operation Birddog lists itself with the NA tag. A server says where it is, and Rust Heatmap shows that. The machine's actual location is not looked up. 89.28.237.37:28030 is its address.
Does Operation Birddog run smoothly?
The last 48 hours brought an average of 5 server fps and a floor of 5. Buildings, deployables and the rest of the world came to as much as 75,898 entities. The highest memory use was 2,748 MB. Players feel lag when fps falls and the entity count climbs.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Operation Birddog?
These Rust Heatmap lists include Operation Birddog: Modded Rust servers, by live population, Best Rust PvE servers and North America server heatmap. These are the filters that return it on 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.
What do the server tags on Operation Birddog mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust form; mp50 (Max players): This server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must match protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe cycle is monthly and follows Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): PvE: the danger is the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Settings or plugins alter the game, which puts it under Modded; NA (North America): North America is where the server browser puts it are the tags Operation Birddog publishes, and the server browser reads them. The top of this page also shows the tags for players now, the queue and when the world was made.
How to join
How do I join Operation Birddog?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030. Alternatively, join from this page with Launch Rust: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.