An entry in the registerNo. 11,922
Operation Birddog
Online NA 89.28.237.37:28030 checked 12m ago
Operation Birddog is a Rust server in North America. At the last count it had 0 players of a possible 50; over the past week it averaged 0, with a peak of 1. It stands at No. 11,922 of the ranked servers, the top 54%, and No. 1374 in North America. It last wiped 26d ago, on a monthly schedule, and the next wipe is expected on Thursday 5 November, with the force wipe. Its own tags class it as modded, oxide, pve.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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.
§ 3Standingthe rank, daily · 1 is best
Top 54% of all ranked servers, top 73% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
§ 4The wipe scheduleforce wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
players, last three wipes
| Date, UTC | Hence |
|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 FW | 8d 21h |
| Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 FW | 36d 21h |
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.
§ 5The record of wipesnewest 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.
§ 6In its own wordsas the server describes itself
Operation Birddog is a Pine hosted PVE Rust server. • The server is PVE with PVP at the monuments. • Monthly map wipe, no wipe of skills or BPs. • The decay rate is ¼ and the stack size for food, ammo, and certain resources has been increased. • Basic lights (lanterns, tuna can lamps, and chinese lanterns) turn on at dusk and off at dawn and do not require fuel. • Torches in the torch holder do not decay. • Several shops including deployable nature and kits. • Planted plants do not decay. • Zombies spawn at night and run amok. • Running the skill tree and the following XP events: gas station gang fight, skill tree events, raidable bases, better npc, rad town event, ferry terminal event, super market event and defendable homes.
§ 7Similar serversthe same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
- 1 [US] RustEZ Scourge PvE | Zombies | No Raiding | No Killing52/200 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 53 on average
- 2 [US] RustEZ Survival PvE | No Decay | No Raiding | No Killing38/200 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 39 on average
- 3 Zombie Land PVE Monthly | Raids | Skills | Custom Maps28/100 NA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 35 on average
- 4 Hex US PVE Monthly 1X BiWeekly 5X | RPG | Custom Weapons | Jet37/100 NA · no group limit · 1x · monthly · 32 on average
- 5 [US] Salty Zombies PvE #1 | Skills | Raid | Quests | Jetpack | 35/150 NA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 25 on average
- 6 RustPlay PVE/PVP-Zones TP|Zombies|LVLs|Kits|Quests|Clans|+More!11/420 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 13 on average
§ 8Questions answeredfrom the figures in this entry
Server record
What Rust version is Operation Birddog on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Operation Birddog runs. Steam updates your game for you, and it has to be on the same protocol to join.
Is Operation Birddog up, and how steady is its uptime?
The records show Operation Birddog online at the time of this check. A restart came about 12 hours ago, by the server's own uptime figure. Of note: 168 of 168 hours up in the last 7 full days, or 100% of the time. Its earliest entry at Rust Server Stats is dated 13 September 2026.
What is the performance of Operation Birddog like?
For the last 48 hours the average was 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Of note: 75,898 entities at the peak, counting buildings, deployables and the rest. Of note: memory use reached 2,748 MB. Lag, as players meet it, comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
What is the location of Operation Birddog?
Under the NA tag, Operation Birddog lists itself in North America. Rust Server Stats records the stated location of a server, not the location of the machine. At 89.28.237.37:28030 stands the address.
The rules and map
What map does Operation Birddog put players on?
Operation Birddog runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 3,500 with seed 1. Because size and seed fix the map, it can be viewed on RustMaps from here.
What settings and rules does Operation Birddog run?
The name of Operation Birddog states no rate for gathering. Groups are capped at 8 players, the standard default. Play is pve, no combat against other players. Plugins or settings change the game; it appears under Modded in the browser. The plugin set is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is active.
Player record
What are the player numbers on Operation Birddog?
The record for Operation Birddog shows 0 players, against a capacity of 50. Averaged across seven days, 0 players; the peak reached 1.
Against other Rust servers, how is Operation Birddog ranked?
Ranked on seven-day player hours, Operation Birddog holds #11,922, with #1,374 in North America; the top 54% of ranked servers includes it.
Tag and list record
Where does Operation Birddog appear among the Rust Server Stats lists and filters?
On Rust Server Stats, Operation Birddog is placed in these lists: Modded Rust servers, Rust PvE servers and North America: server records. On the server list it comes up under these filters: 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.
How should the tags on Operation Birddog be read?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): 50 is the number of slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, which is the default; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: joining needs the same game version; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code absent; ^m (Monthly): One wipe a month, alongside the force wipe from Facepunch; ^p (PvE): The danger comes from the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: settings or plugins have changed the game; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America — that is the set of tags Operation Birddog publishes for the game's browser. The tags include current players, queue and the time the world was made; the top of this page shows them.
The wipes
What is the shape of wipe day on Operation Birddog?
The average peak across recent wipes was 2 players. 23 hours into the latest wipe the crowd reached its peak.
The wipe timetable for Operation Birddog: what does it show?
The force wipe is the only wipe for Operation Birddog, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe, the force wipe that takes every Rust server. The present world dates from 26 days 3 hours. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Connection
What is the way to join Operation Birddog?
Join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you, or open the console with F1 and enter client.connect 89.28.237.37:28030.