City Police
Los Santos Police Department
Patrol city streets in a black-and-white, work the radio and chase leads the old-fashioned way.
- Ranks, divisions and callsigns
- Green-screen MDT terminal
- Duty time tracking and rosters
Golden Era Roleplay — FiveM roleplay in Los Santos, 1983
Set in 1983
Los Santos, 1983. Your story begins here.
SOON TO BE RELEASED: A period-accurate '80s FiveM roleplay server, built almost entirely on custom scripts. There are payphones on every corner, pagers on every belt, and a city full of people with something to prove. Step off the Greyhound, build a character and live the decade.
Welcome to Golden Era
A Living City, Circa 1983
Golden Era RP drops you into Los Santos at the start of a new decade. The freeways are full of boxy sedans and station wagons, the diners never close, and every corner of the city has a story waiting to be told.
We're a serious roleplay community, and almost everything in the city runs on custom scripts built for 1983. Your character matters: their history, their choices and their reputation. What you do today is remembered tomorrow.
You might pin on a badge, drive a city bus, haul freight across San Andreas or take a job from a contact who pages you at 2 a.m. Whatever you choose, Golden Era is built around one idea: a good story, told together.
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City Guide
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Immersion
Stay in the moment. 1983 has no smartphones and no internet. It has payphones, pagers and word of mouth.
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City Guide
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Character
Build someone with depth: ambitions, flaws and a past. Let them grow and surprise you.
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City Guide
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Consequence
Decisions carry weight. Value your character's life, livelihood and reputation as if they were your own.
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City Guide
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Community
The best scenes are shared ones. Give other players room to shine and the whole city gets better.
Serve & protect
Our Departments
Three departments keep Los Santos running. Each has its own ranks, people and way of doing things. Check our Discord to see who's recruiting and how to apply.
County Law
Los Santos County Sheriff's Department
Cover the county beyond city limits, from desert highways to small towns where backup is a long way off.
- Ranks, divisions and callsigns
- Shared MDT, warrants and BOLOs
- Evidence lockers with chain of custody
Fire & Medical
Los Santos Fire Department
Roll out when the city needs help. Paramedics treat patients on scene, then hand them to hospital staff for the rest.
- CPR, defibs, IVs and splints
- X-rays, MRI scans and surgery at the hospital
- Separate paramedic and hospital jobs
Shared by LSPD & LSSD
The Green-Screen MDT
Every car and station runs on a 1983-style terminal for reports, warrants, BOLOs, the weapon registry and evidence. Evidence lockers keep a proper chain of custody.
Command staff can check who's on duty, plus reports, records and evidence, straight from Discord with the department bot.
Legal firearms are sold through gun-store catalogs, with a waiting period and a background check.
Greetings from
Life in 1983
A period-accurate '80s world, built almost entirely on custom scripts. Here's how Los Santos works before the world got wired.
No. 1
Ring, Ring
No smartphones. You get brick phones, car phones, home landlines and a working payphone on every corner, each with its own number. When your pager beeps, you find a phone and call back.
No. 2
All Aboard
A working LS Metro and freight railway, AI city buses on real lines, and a regional coach around the county. Buy a paper ticket from a machine or pay the driver, and watch out for fare inspectors.
No. 3
Off the Greyhound
New in town? Your friend Danny meets you off the Greyhound and shows you around: City Hall, the bank and your first beat-up car.
No. 4
On the Lot
A real car dealership with test drives and finance. Pick out some period American iron with chrome bumpers and vinyl seats, then pay it off one installment at a time.
No. 5
Fall Catalog
Build your look in an '80s catalog-style character creator, then shop the clothing stores for the rest of your wardrobe.
No. 6
Period-Correct
Retro menus throughout, a 1983 radio and a world dressed for the decade, right down to the neon buzzing over Vinewood.
Pick a side
Two Ways to Make Rent
Clock in for an honest paycheck, or take the call when a shady contact pages you. Every path has its own progression.
The Straight Life
Legit Work
More than ten civilian jobs, each with its own progression:
- City bus driver
- Taxi
- Trucker
- Tow
- Garbage
- Paperboy
- TV news crew
- Street vendor
- Recycling
- Utility repairs
- …and more
Off the clock
- Scuba diving with boat rental and coral hunting
- Hunting out in the county
- A vineyard and a postal service
- A real car dealership with test drives and finance
The Other Side
Crime Pays… Sometimes
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Contacts Who Page You
Story-driven criminal missions from shady contacts who page you when there's work.
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Climb the Ladder
A drug game that moves you up from weed to meth to cocaine as you earn the dealers' respect, with custom strains, corner selling and deliveries.
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Crews & Scores
Gangs, house and armored-truck robberies, zip ties and car trunks, and crafting benches.
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Doing Time
Get caught and there's a prison with jobs, a canteen, a commissary, and escape attempts.
Snapshots
From the Photo Album
Moments from the streets of Los Santos, 1983. Select a photo to see it full size.
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Main Street after dark
On the dial
Tune In to Los Santos
Every city has a sound. Flip through the presets and hear what's drifting out of car windows across town tonight. (These stations are just for atmosphere. The in-game /carmenu has its own music player.)
Car stereo. Choose a station.
88.3
Neon 88
Synths, drum machines and the new sound coming out of every club on the strip.
Your ticket in
Getting Started
New to FiveM or new to us? Here's how to get from the couch to the streets of Los Santos.
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Step 1
Own GTA V on PC
FiveM runs on top of a legitimate PC copy of Grand Theft Auto V. Make sure it's installed and has been launched at least once.
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Step 2
Install FiveM
Download the FiveM client from fivem.net (opens in a new tab), then run it and let it find your GTA V installation.
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Step 3
Join the Discord
Our Discord is home to the rules, announcements and any requirements for new players. Read up before you connect.
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Step 4
Hit Play Now
The Play Now button takes you straight to our server. Create your character, step off the Greyhound and let Danny show you around.
Community Edition — Classifieds & Notices
The City Needs Characters
Your story starts in our Discord — the place to meet the community, find people to roleplay with and stay up to date.
Everything about Golden Era RP happens around our Discord server: official announcements, server rules, department information, support, and the conversations that turn strangers into crews, partners and rivals. If you're thinking about stepping into 1983, that's the first stop.
Join Our Discord (opens in a new tab)discord.gg/zGudVZf5KE
Ask around
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Golden Era RP?
Golden Era RP is a serious roleplay community for FiveM, set in Los Santos in 1983. Players create characters and live their lives in a shared, persistent city as police officers, paramedics, business owners, mechanics or everyday civilians, with a focus on immersion and storytelling.
What is FiveM?
FiveM is a modification framework for Grand Theft Auto V on PC that lets communities run their own custom multiplayer servers. It's what makes dedicated roleplay servers like ours possible. You'll need a legitimate PC copy of GTA V to use it.
How do I join the server?
Install GTA V and FiveM, then use the Play Now button on this site. We recommend joining our Discord first, as any requirements for new players are posted there.
How do I join the Discord?
Use our official invitation: discord.gg/zGudVZf5KE (opens in a new tab). You'll need a free Discord account.
What makes the 1983 setting different?
The early '80s change how stories play out. There are no smartphones and no internet. You get brick phones, car phones, landlines, pagers and payphones that each have their own number. You get around by car, LS Metro, city bus or regional coach. Police work runs through a green-screen MDT. Almost everything is built on custom scripts, so the whole city feels like 1983.
Which departments can I join?
Golden Era has three departments: the Los Santos Police Department (LSPD), the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department (LSSD) and the Los Santos Fire Department (LSFD), which includes paramedics. Recruitment and application details are posted in our Discord at discord.gg/zGudVZf5KE (opens in a new tab).
Where can I find the server rules?
The official server rules are published in our Discord at discord.gg/zGudVZf5KE (opens in a new tab). Please read them before connecting. They're the final word on what is and isn't allowed.
Do I need to apply or be whitelisted?
Any application or whitelisting process, and requirements for joining specific departments, are posted in our Discord. Check there for the current process.
The city is waiting