Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 8m ago
Operation Birddog
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 50 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 54% of all ranked servers, top 74% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 8d 23h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 23hThu 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.
ResultsWipes
newest first| 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Operator and location
Is Operation Birddog online, and how reliable is it?
Online now, Operation Birddog is up. About 10 hours ago is when it restarted, judging by its reported uptime. 168 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 100% of the time. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 13 September 2026.
Does Operation Birddog run smoothly?
The last 48 hours average out at 5 server fps; it never dropped below 5. Up to 75,898 entities sat in the world, buildings and deployables included. 2,748 MB of memory was the high point. Lag, to a player, is these two together: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which Rust version is Operation Birddog on?
Linux carries Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 at Operation Birddog. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is Operation Birddog located?
The NA tag on Operation Birddog puts it in North America. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. The address you connect to is 89.28.237.37:28030.
Server tags
What do the server tags on Operation Birddog mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Operation Birddog: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp50 (Max players): It holds 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): No more than 8 to a team, as the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe is the monthly wipe here; ^p (PvE): Players don't fight each other here; the world does the killing; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Operation Birddog?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include Operation Birddog are: Modded Rust servers, live, Best Rust PvE servers (2026) and North America Rust servers. Under the server list's filters it appears in: 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.
Map and rules
Which map is running on Operation Birddog?
Size 3,500, seed 1: that is the procedural map Operation Birddog runs, generated by the game. Same size, same seed, same map, so RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Operation Birddog?
No gather rate appears in the name of Operation Birddog. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. other players are not fought: that is the pve game mode. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Population
How full is Operation Birddog right now?
The board shows Operation Birddog at 0 players, with 50 slots in total. The seven-day average sits at 0 players; the peak reached 1.
Where does Operation Birddog sit in the rankings?
Operation Birddog sits at #11,895 for player hours in the past seven days — #1,373 in North America and inside the top 54% of every ranked server.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on Operation Birddog?
Once a month, Operation Birddog wipes with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes, and that is its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 26 days 1 hours ago. The wipe schedule in its tags is monthly.
What does wipe day look like on Operation Birddog?
2 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. 23 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe.
Joining the server
How do I join Operation Birddog?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished 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.