Operation Birddog
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 50 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪+0 no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak 1
- Rank
- #8,878 top 40% · #1258 in NA
- Rank · 7d ago
- #8,411 ▼467 places down
- Last wipe
- 12d ago monthly schedule
- Next wipe
- 22d 18h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 8 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 3500 Procedural Map · seed 1
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 no hostname published
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC. Busiest hour of the two days: 1 players.
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 40% of all ranked servers, top 68% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes only- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 18hThu 5 Nov, 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.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:43 UTC FW12d 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| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [US] RustEZ Scourge PvE | Zombies | No Raiding | No KillingNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 65 on average | 86/200 | ▼−6−6.9% | |
| 2 | [US] RustEZ Survival PvE | No Decay | No Raiding | No KillingNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 64 on average | 65/200 | ▲+5+8.9% | |
| 3 | Zombie Land PVE Monthly | Raids | Skills | Custom MapsNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 61 on average | 76/125 | ▼−11−12.3% | |
| 4 | Hex US PVE Monthly 1X BiWeekly 5X | RPG | Custom Weapons | JetNA · no group limit · 1x · monthly · 49 on average | 48/100 | ▼−24−33.7% | |
| 5 | [US] Salty Zombies PvE #1 | Skills | Raid | Quests | Jetpack | NA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 42 on average | 62/150 | ▼−7−10.3% | |
| 6 | RustPlay PVE/PVP-Zones TP|Zombies|LVLs|Kits|Quests|Clans|+More!NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 26 on average | 46/420 | ▲+15+46.8% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer Rules
How is Operation Birddog configured in terms of rules and settings?
No gather rate is given in the name of Operation Birddog. The default group size of 8 players applies here. pve is the mode, player-versus-player combat is absent. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
What is the current map on Operation Birddog?
A procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1 runs on Operation Birddog, created by the game. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps offers a view of it from this page.
Activity
What is the rank of Operation Birddog?
On seven-day player hours, Operation Birddog sits at #8,878, in the top 40% across ranked servers and #1,258 in North America.
How full is Operation Birddog?
0 of 50 slots on Operation Birddog are filled at the moment. Average players over seven days: 0; peak: 1. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 14:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Wipe Cycle
What happens on wipe day at Operation Birddog?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 2 players. On the latest wipe, 23 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does Operation Birddog schedule its wipes?
A single monthly wipe is what Operation Birddog runs: the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes at that time. Its world now is 12 days 6 hours old. Its tags list a wipe each month.
Server Info
What is the location of Operation Birddog?
The NA tag and North America are what Operation Birddog lists for itself. Rust Analytics reports the location a server claims, not the machine's actual location. 89.28.237.37:28030 is its address.
How is the performance on Operation Birddog?
Server fps over the last 48 hours: 58 on average, 9 at the lowest. At its peak it held 74,848 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 2,942 MB. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
What Rust version is Operation Birddog running?
The build is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584 on Linux, running on Operation Birddog. The protocol has to match for you to join, and Steam applies that update.
How reliable is Operation Birddog and is it currently online?
The server is live: Operation Birddog is online. The reported uptime puts its last restart at about 14 hours ago. The last 7 full days give 86% uptime, 144 hours on out of 168. First sighting by Rust Analytics: 13 September 2026.
Tags and Rankings
What is the meaning of the tags on Operation Birddog?
The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp50 (Max players): Capacity: 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At the game default, teams hold up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game needs protocol 2634; cs167584 (Build): Build 167584; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the network layer the game ships with; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: one wipe a month; ^p (PvE): Player-versus-player fighting is off; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): Categorised as Modded: plugins or settings alter gameplay; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America, which Operation Birddog publishes. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
On Rust Analytics, which lists and filters feature Operation Birddog?
These Rust Analytics lists include Operation Birddog: Modded Rust servers, Best Rust PvE servers and North America Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Connection
How can I connect to Operation Birddog?
The console route: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030. The page's Launch Rust button opens Rust through Steam and connects you instead.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs167584,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2634
cs167584
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.