The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 11,912Acc. 2026.11912
Operation Birddog
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 11m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 1 Oct17:43 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 27 Oct 2026, 19:50 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:43 UTC FW26d ago
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 22hThu 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.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 74% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Operation Birddog mean?
These tags from Operation Birddog, read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Player combat is off: the world is the threat; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): North America is the region the server browser files it under. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include Operation Birddog?
The Rust Server History lists that feature Operation Birddog are: Modded Rust servers: the record, Rust PvE servers, on record and North America Rust servers. 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.
Server record
Does Operation Birddog run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 5 server fps, with 5 the lowest. As many as 75,898 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Memory use peaked at 2,748 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and a climbing entity count.
Which version of Rust does Operation Birddog run?
On Linux, Operation Birddog runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is Operation Birddog online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows Operation Birddog online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 10 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were up: 100% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is Operation Birddog located?
In North America, Operation Birddog lists itself with its NA tag. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You will find it at 89.28.237.37:28030.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on Operation Birddog?
2 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. 23 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Operation Birddog?
The force wipe is the only wipe on Operation Birddog, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 26 days 2 hours ago its current world was made. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
How does Operation Birddog rank against other Rust servers?
Operation Birddog ranks #11,912 on seven-day player hours: top 54% overall and #1,374 in North America.
How busy is Operation Birddog?
Against 50 slots, Operation Birddog records 0 players right now. The seven-day average stands at 0 players; the peak is 1.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Operation Birddog?
No gather rate is stated in the name of Operation Birddog. At 8 players, the group limit matches the game's default. Recorded as pve, with this note: fighting other players is excluded. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does Operation Birddog run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1 is what Operation Birddog runs, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since one size and seed always give one map.
Joining the server
How do I join Operation Birddog?
Enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published 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.