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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly, reached at 135.148.136.6:60405 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 4 of 100 places, against a seven-day mean of 13 and a peak of 331. It ranks #798 of all servers, the top 4%, and #121 in NA. It last wiped 13d ago on a published biweekly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsbiweekly wipes vanilla modded oxide pve

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.
Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now4/1004% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean13peak 33, 48 h peak 29
Rank2#798top 4%; #121 in NA
Last wipe13d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe37d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
01020304008:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
025507510008:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00
Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 4% of all ranked servers, the top 6% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: fixed weekdays

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap28 daysbetween real wipes
On rhythm100%of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak40players, last three wipes
Crowd held0%else halves by day 10.5
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 11hforce wipefw
Thu 12 Nov, 17:5814d 10hits own schedule
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 11hforce wipefw
Thu 10 Dec, 17:5842d 10hits own schedule
Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
020406080+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 38, 6 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 15 Oct, 17:5813d ago 38 – running 7
Thu 1 Oct, 18:02fw27d ago 43 halved by day 10 14 d 2
Thu 17 Sep, 17:5841d ago 38 halved by day 11 14 d 1

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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 467147874. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address135.148.136.6:60405
RegionNA
Max players100
Group limit6 max
Wipe schedulebiweekly
Last wipe15 Oct 2026, 17:58 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed467147874

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are Rust servers in North America [2], modded Rust servers listed live [3], pve wipes and settings [4], zombie server list [5] and servers wiping soon [6].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
[US] Brits PvE Worlds 2.0 | RUST MMORPG | Quests | Custom WeapoNA · no group limit · biweekly · 252 on average150/2000
Chrayntopia ♡ ︎PvE | RP | PvPNA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 106 on average49/200
Orange Dream | Cozy PvE/RP | No KOSNA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 34 on average14/200
LuffyRust Texas USA - 10xPvE|NoBP|Kits|Skins|Backpacks|Purge NoNA · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 14 on average8/30
ZOMBZ SPOOKY PVE|Hawk Ridge Island|Zombies|Kits|Backpack|No LosNA · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 12 on average5/100
US Markiii-Rust PVE | 900+ Raids | Custom Weapons | Markiii-ProNA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 6 on average3/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly run?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 66 server fps, with a low of 46. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 255,403 entities. Its highest memory usage was 6,691 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly based?

The NA tag places [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly in North America, as it lists itself. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 135.148.136.6:60405 is its address.

A.3How reliable is [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly, and is it currently online?

[US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 23 hours ago. The server was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe schedule

A.5When are wipes carried out on [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly?

[US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly follows a wipe rhythm of every 4 weeks on Thursday at 17:58 UTC. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. 13 days 13 hours have passed since the current world was generated. Wipes every two weeks are published in the tags.

A.6What characterises wipe day on [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 40 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 6 hours after it began. Half the peak was sustained until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. In the other cases, the population fell below half by day 10.5.

Population

A.7How does [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly #798, in the top 4% of ranked servers and #121 in North America.

A.8What is the population level of [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly?

On [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly, 4 of the 100 slots are occupied at present. Over the last week the count averages 13 players and reaches 33 at its height. Averaging 28 players, 03:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags, lists

A.9What do the tags associated with [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly signify?

gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp100 (Max players): It offers 100 slots; ts6 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 6; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^b (Biweekly): It wipes on a two-week cycle; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; ^p (PvE): The threat is the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed under North America: these are the tags [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly publishes, and the server browser reads them. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly fits are: Modded Rust servers, Rust PvE servers: live list, Rust servers named for zombies and North American server statistics. These filters on the server list return it: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Average players: 10+ on average.

Settings and map

A.11Under what rules and settings does [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly. 6 players is the cap on a group. pve is the game mode here; no player-versus-player fighting. The server browser lists it as Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running. By its own label, vanilla, this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12What is the map for [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly?

The game generates [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly's procedural map at size 4,500, from seed 467147874. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

How to join

A.13What steps are required to join [US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱Biweekly?

Enter client.connect 135.148.136.6:60405 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. The website for this server is https://www.goldenhourrust.com/.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,^v,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts6,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp100Max players. It offers 100 slots.
ts6Group limit. Teams are capped at 6.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^bBiweekly. It wipes on a two-week cycle.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered.
Gameplay
^pPvE. The threat is the world, not other players.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded.
Region
NANorth America. In the server browser it is filed 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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

Golden Hour is a US East Vanilla+ biweekly Rust server focused on relaxed PvE survival, creative building, and optional PvP through dedicated zones and events. A place to build, relax, and enjoy Rust again. PvE-first gameplay • Friendly community • Active admins who listen to player feedback. Build freely. Progress steadily. Fight when you want to. Core Features: - PvE map with PvP zones & events - Biweekly wipes - 48h offline raid protection - 24h Purge before wipe (full PvP) - Custom Town with shops - Friends & Clans (limit 6 per team) - zLevels progression - Zombies, Raidable Bases & Raidable Boats - Multiple Events - Homes, Teleportation & Town - Backpacks & Banks - Server Rewards (RP) + in-game shop (/s) - Virtual Quarries - Skinbox, Recycler & Furnace Splitter - Many quality-of-life improvements & custom plugins Website: https://goldenhourrust.com Discord: https://discord.gg/5SKR2pfj3D

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Rust servers in North America. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Modded Rust servers listed live. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Pve wipes and settings. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-pve-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Zombie server list. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-zombie-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.