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Operation Birddog

Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 10m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidepve

Players now

Live
0of 50
Full
0%
In queue
0
Peak, 48 hours
0
Peak, 7 days
1

0% full

Sun 23:00Tue 21:00players each hour · 48 hours · UTC

Rank

#11,927

top 54% · #1372 in NA

7-day average

0

peak 1

Last wipe

26d ago

monthly schedule

Next wipe

8d 20h

Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

0246823:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

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

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 54% of all ranked servers, top 73% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence

2wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  • 8d 20hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  • 36d 20hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 23 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

About

Is Operation Birddog online, and how reliable is it?

Players can join Operation Birddog: it is online. About 13 hours ago it restarted, judging by the uptime figure it gives. The last 7 full days show 100% uptime, with 168 hours up out of 168. The first time Rust Dashboard recorded it was 13 September 2026.

Which version of Rust does Operation Birddog run?

On Linux, Operation Birddog runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam keeps your game updated, so it will be on the same protocol and able to join.

Where is Operation Birddog located?

In North America, Operation Birddog lists itself with the NA tag. The location shown at Rust Dashboard is the one the server states; no lookup of the machine's position happens. Connect to it at 89.28.237.37:28030.

Does Operation Birddog run smoothly?

The last 48 hours gave an average of 5 server fps, and it never went under 5. The world held as many as 75,898 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. It drew as much as 2,748 MB of memory at peak. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Tags, lists

Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include Operation Birddog?

The Rust Dashboard lists that carry Operation Birddog are: North American Rust servers, Modded Rust servers, live now and Rust PvE servers. These filters bring it up 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?

The game's server browser reads these tags from Operation Birddog: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game mode; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must run protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the standard network layer for the game, and it is what runs here; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Expect one wipe a month: it lands with the Facepunch force wipe; ^p (PvE): There is no player fighting: the world provides the danger; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugins here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, and appear at the top of this page.

Player counts

How busy is Operation Birddog?

Operation Birddog has 0 of its 50 slots filled at the moment. Averaged across the last seven days: 0 players, peaking at 1.

How does Operation Birddog rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over seven days put Operation Birddog at #11,927 overall and #1,372 in North America, in the top 54% of all ranked servers.

Reset times

What does wipe day look like on Operation Birddog?

At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. 23 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Operation Birddog?

The only wipe on Operation Birddog is the monthly force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, shared with every Rust server. The world now in play was generated 26 days 4 hours ago. The tags carry a wipe schedule of once a month.

Map and rules

What are the rules and settings on Operation Birddog?

The name of Operation Birddog gives no gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, which is the game's default. pve is what it plays, no PvP between players. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The anti-cheat from Valve, VAC, is active.

Which map does Operation Birddog run?

Operation Birddog runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1, made by the game. Because size and seed fix the map, a RustMaps view is available from this page.

How to join

How do I join Operation Birddog?

Type client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust 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
Game mode Standard Rust survival is the game mode.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must run protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the standard network layer for the game, and it is what runs here.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Expect one wipe a month: it lands with the Facepunch force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE There is no player fighting: the world provides the danger.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugins here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.