Frequently asked questions
How do I know if a gate is camped?
Open the system's page (for example /system/tama) or run a route check. Every stargate shows a status — SAFE, CAMP, or CAMP* (live) — based on ship kills within 100 km of that gate in the selected time window (the default is the last 2 hours).
How often does the data update?
Kill reports stream in continuously from zKillboard's RedisQ feed, and the live views refresh every 60 seconds. System pages print the timestamp of the data they were rendered from, so you always know how fresh the answer is.
How accurate is this?
As accurate as public kill data allows. Camps that are actively killing show up reliably; a camp that has not caught anyone yet is invisible. The biggest source of error is report lag — see the next question.
Why does it say SAFE when I just died?
Kill reports typically reach zKillboard 15–30 minutes after the kill happens, so a camp that formed minutes ago can still read SAFE here. SAFE means no recorded kills at that gate in the window — not a guarantee.
What does CAMP* mean?
The asterisk marks a live camp: more than 10 kills in the time window and the most recent kill less than 10 minutes ago. Plain CAMP means at least one kill in the window but nothing in the last few minutes — the campers may have moved on.
Can a SAFE gate still be dangerous?
Yes. A camp can form in seconds, reports lag, and not every kill is posted. Treat SAFE as favourable odds, not a promise — especially on notorious chokepoints like Tama, Uedama, or Rancer.
Does this cover wormholes or Pochven?
No. Wormhole systems and Pochven have no conventional stargates, so there is nothing to camp in the gate sense. Coverage is known space (k-space) only — high-sec, low-sec, and null-sec.
Can I check my whole route at once?
Yes — the route checker takes an origin and a destination, plots the route (shortest, secure, or insecure), and checks every gate along it in one pass. You can also tell it to avoid specific systems.
Where does the data come from?
Kill reports stream from zKillboard (RedisQ), enriched with CCP's ESI API; the map, gates, and security ratings come from CCP's Static Data Export. See the methodology page for the full pipeline.
Is this free?
Yes — free, no login, no ads. If it saves your ship, ISK donations to the character shown in the nav keep the servers running, but nothing is paywalled.