McGill
Offline 84.179.177.209:28015 checked 3d ago
Measurements
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 38% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does McGill rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place McGill at #8,363, within the top 38% of all ranked servers.
How busy is McGill?
McGill is offline at this count; we last saw it 3 days 1 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1.
Tags
What do the server tags on McGill mean?
These are the tags McGill publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include McGill?
These Rust Population lists include McGill: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on McGill?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of McGill's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 2 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does McGill run?
McGill uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on McGill?
Nothing in McGill's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does McGill run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for McGill. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is McGill online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw McGill 3 days 1 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 8 of 168 hours were online, or 5%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 19 October 2026.
Where is McGill located?
A region is not published by McGill. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 84.179.177.209:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join McGill?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 84.179.177.209:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.