It's no secret that Rust is one of the biggest multiplayer games around. And it's no secret that some players take competition very seriously when it comes to building their own bases and raiding opponents'. If you're a competitive Rust enjoyer and want to see some of the game's best players duke it out in a massive four-day gauntlet, you're in luck! Rust Kick Off 2 is in the works, and it happens this month! We have all the information you need on what the event is, when it takes place, and the free loot you can earn just by watching.

What Is the Rust Kick Off 2 Event?

Rust Kick Off 2 is an upcoming event running from June 11 to June 14, where 10 teams will compete on a custom-built battlefield in Rust to crown the ultimate winner, with players battling for an enormous prize pool of $100,000. For four consecutive days, these teams will be building their arsenals, constructing high-level bases, and doing their best to combine their strategies to pull off raids. If you want to watch it all unfold, it will be streaming exclusively on Kick. The goal of the entire event is to gather and hoard as many gems as possible in a team vault. These gems will periodically become available through map events, and they must be physically transported back to a vault by players. For the first three days of the event, any gem a team successfully banks will be considered safe. However, everything changes on the final day of the competition. Vaults will become raidable, and the bullets will really start flying. By the end of the carnage on the fourth day, the team with the most gems when time runs out will be declared the winner. With big-name players such as June, Spoonkid, Frost, Enardo, Stimpee, Dilanzito, and many more in the mix, Rust Kick Off 2 promises to deliver some of the biggest competitive plays of the year. And perhaps, just maybe, a bit of chaos as well, which we saw last year, as twig and the rest of Team Spoonkid forced rule changes by building as many metal barricades and traps as possible, effectively tanking game performance for opponents and making raids next to impossible. While rules were changed to help keep combat clean, you never know what loophole players will find next!

Rust Kick Off 2 Schedule & Kick Drops

Rust Kick Off 2 Schedule

Four continuous days is a whole lot of Rust. It can be tricky to keep track of, but the event actually has a well-organized schedule, so you always know what's going on and when. Take a look below to see the schedule and plan your weekend accordingly, so you don't miss any of the action.

• Thursday June 11
  • 4 PM EST — The event begins.
  • 5:30 PM EST — Strategic objectives go live.
  •  7:30 PM EST — The beacon window ends, and any collected gems must be secured.
  • 8:00 PM EST — A high-stakes challenge begins.
  • 9:00 PM EST — Tier 2 items are unlocked, and the tournament escalates.
  • 1:00 AM EST — Overnight protection begins.
• Friday June 12
  • 1:00 PM EST — Protection ends and the new day begins. Raid items will now be available.
  • 2:00 PM EST — Unique daytime challenge with strategic rewards.
  • 4:00 PM EST — Team captains gather for key strategic decisions.
  • 5:30 PM EST — Strategic objectives go live.
  • 7:30 PM EST — The beacon window ends, and any collected gems must be secured.
  • 8:00 PM EST — A high-stakes challenge begins.
  • 9:00 PM EST — Open raiding begins, and no base is safe.
  • 1:00 AM EST — Overnight protection begins.
• Saturday June 13
  • 1:00 PM EST — Protection ends and the new day begins. Raid items will now be available.
  • 2:00 PM EST — Unique daytime challenge with strategic rewards.
  • 4:00 PM EST — Team captains gather for critical pre-endgame decisions.
  • 5:30 PM EST — Strategic objectives go live.
  • 7:30 PM EST — The beacon window ends, and any collected gems must be secured.
  • 8:00 PM EST — Intense competition begins. Final chance to build your edge before the final day.
  • 1:00 AM EST — Overnight protection begins.
• Sunday June 14
  • 1:00 PM EST — Protection ends and the new day begins. Raid items will now be available.
  • 2:00 PM EST — Last chance to earn gems before the vaults open.
  • 3:30 PM EST — Final strategic decisions before the endgame.
  • 4:30 PM EST — Last beacon window. Every gem counts.
  • 6:00 PM EST — All vaults can now be raided. Teams battle for the ultimate prize.
  • 6:30 PM EST — Final beacon window ends.
  • 8:00 PM EST — The race intensifies. Every gem in your vault matters.
  • 9:00 PM EST — Final hour. Defend or die.
  • 10:00 PM EST — The final horn sounds. Gem counts locked. Winners announced.

Rust Kick Off 2 Kick Drops and How to Redeem

Even if you're not too interested in watching every moment of the Kick Off 2 event, you might want to tune in for some free in-game rewards. First, you'll need to make a Kick account and link it to your Steam page. With that done, all you need to do is watch any Kick stream of the event that has a "Drops Enabled" tag in its video description. Keep that stream running, and you'll earn your way to a bunch of free in-game cosmetics based on popular Rust players and the kick platform itself. Here's the full list of goodies you can look forward to:

• Oilrats Gloves
• Krolay Double Door
• Panpots Single Door
• Spoonkid Pickaxe
• Welyn Salvaged Axe
• Coco Backpack
• Dilanzito SKS
• Willjum Crossbow
• Frost AK
• Buddha M249
• Kick Locker
• Kick Large Box
• Kick Garage Door
• Kick Wallpapers
• Discord Plushie Wumpus