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Golden Hour Test Server

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Golden Hour Test Server, reached at 81.166.61.165:28015 and hosted in NA. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,105 of all servers, and #1565 in NA. It last wiped 53d ago on a published biweekly schedule; the next wipe is expected Saturday 31 October, 11:09 UTC, biweekly: 14 days after its last wipe.

Keywordsbiweekly wipes vanilla modded oxide pve

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/1000% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,105#1565 in NA
Last wipe53d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe32d 11hSat 31 Oct, 11:09 UTC

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.

No hourly history yet.
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
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
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.

4Rank

Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep21 Sep
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

The next wipe is expected Saturday 31 October, 11:09 UTC, in 2d 11h. Biweekly: 14 days after its last wipe.

5.2History

Table 2: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
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. 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

No map picture published
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address81.166.61.165:28015
RegionNA
Max players100
Group limit6 max
Wipe schedulebiweekly
Last wipe5 Sep 2026, 11:09 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size–
Seed–

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], browse modded Rust servers [3], rust pve servers [4] and servers wiping soon [5].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
[US] Golden Hour PvE/PvP︱Chill︱Zombies︱Events︱BiweeklyNA · groups of 6 · biweekly · 13 on average12/100
[US] Brits PvE Worlds 2.0 | RUST MMORPG | Quests | Custom WeapoNA · no group limit · biweekly · 248 on average303/2000
Chrayntopia ♡ ︎PvE | RP | PvPNA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 103 on average134/200
Orange Dream | Cozy PvE/RP | No KOSNA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 35 on average24/200
LuffyRust Texas USA - 10xPvE|NoBP|Kits|Skins|Backpacks|Purge NoNA · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 15 on average15/30
ZOMBZ SPOOKY PVE|Hawk Ridge Island|Zombies|Kits|Backpack|No LosNA · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 12 on average14/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1What is the location of Golden Hour Test Server?

The NA tag places Golden Hour Test Server in North America, as it lists itself. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 81.166.61.165:28015 is its address.

A.2What is the reliability of Golden Hour Test Server, and is it online?

At the present moment, Golden Hour Test Server is offline; it was last seen 44 days 17 hours ago. The server was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.3What is the Rust version for Golden Hour Test Server?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 is the version that Golden Hour Test Server runs, on Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe schedule

A.4What schedule does Golden Hour Test Server follow for wipes?

The estimate of Golden Hour Test Server's next wipe comes from biweekly: 14 days after its last wipe. The server is due to wipe on Saturday 31 October at 11:09 UTC. 53 days 12 hours have passed since the current world was generated. Wipes every two weeks are published in the tags.

Population

A.5What is the rank of Golden Hour Test Server among Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days Golden Hour Test Server is #15,105, within the top – of all ranked servers; within North America it is #1,565.

A.6How would you characterise the player activity on Golden Hour Test Server?

The last recorded sighting of Golden Hour Test Server was 44 days 17 hours ago; it is offline now.

Tags and filters

A.7What is the meaning of the tags on Golden Hour Test Server?

gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts6 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 6; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs163794 (Build): The game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^b (Biweekly): Wipes take place once a fortnight; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped; ^p (PvE): The threat is the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; NA (North America): North America is the region it appears under in the server browser: these are the tags Golden Hour Test Server publishes, and the server browser reads them. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.8Where can Golden Hour Test Server be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Modded Rust servers, Rust PvE servers: live list and North American server statistics are the Rust Statistics lists that Golden Hour Test Server fits. It appears under the following filters on the server list: 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.

Settings and map

A.9Under what rules and settings does Golden Hour Test Server operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of Golden Hour Test Server. The team limit is 6 players. Listed as pve, the game mode is players cannot fight each other. Plugins or settings change the game; the browser files it under Modded. Oxide plugins are running. The server's own description is vanilla: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.10On which map does Golden Hour Test Server take place?

On Golden Hour Test Server the terrain is procedural, built by the game itself.

How to join

A.11What steps are required to join Golden Hour Test Server?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 81.166.61.165:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^b,^v,NA,^p,gmrust,cs163794,ts6,^o^z.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp100Max players. 100 slots are available.
ts6Group limit. Teams are capped at 6.
v2633Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect.
cs163794Build. The game build is 163794.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^bBiweekly. Wipes take place once a fortnight.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped.
Gameplay
^pPvE. The threat is the world, not other players.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server.
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
NANorth America. North America is the region it appears under in the server browser.

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.

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. Browse modded Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Rust pve servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-pve-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.