diff --git a/src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.ts b/src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.ts
index 79892e5..892d76c 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,25 @@ export function parseInfoLine(text: string): Record<string, string> {
     return out;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Parse `key: value` header lines from a `status` (print) response, stopping
+ * at the scoreboard `--- ---` separator so player rows (which can contain
+ * colons in guids or names) don't leak into the metadata. Plutonium T5's
+ * `status` puts things like `map: mp_kino` and (on some builds) gametype
+ * in the header.
+ */
+export function parseStatusHeader(text: string): Record<string, string> {
+    const out: Record<string, string> = {};
+    for (const rawLine of text.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+        const line = rawLine.trim();
+        if (/^-+\s+-+/.test(line)) break;      // scoreboard row — stop
+        if (/^\d+\s+/.test(line)) break;       // player row that snuck in
+        const m = /^([a-z][a-z0-9_]*)\s*:\s*(.+)$/i.exec(line);
+        if (m) out[m[1].toLowerCase()] = m[2].trim();
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
 export interface RconPlayer {
     num: number | null;   // client slot — print dialect only
     score: number;
@@ -292,9 +311,13 @@ export async function rconStatusResult(server: string): Promise<RconStatusResult
     }
 
     const ep = res.endpoint;
-    // `getstatus` is anonymous on most CoD builds but Plutonium requires the
-    // authenticated rcon route for reliable results, so we ask via rcon.
-    const send = await sendRcon(ep.host, ep.port, 'getstatus');
+    // Plutonium T5 doesn't recognize `getstatus` as an rcon subcommand
+    // ("Unknown command"), so we use `status` — a print-body response with
+    // a header table plus one row per player. Q3-derived engines that
+    // *do* answer statusResponse (via anonymous `getstatus` query) would
+    // give richer info-line dvars, but every engine we care about supports
+    // `status` under the rcon wrapper.
+    const send = await sendRcon(ep.host, ep.port, 'status');
     if (!send.ok) {
         return { ok: false, endpoint: ep, reason: send.reason, detail: send.detail };
     }
@@ -332,13 +355,16 @@ export async function rconStatusResult(server: string): Promise<RconStatusResult
         }
         return { ok: false, endpoint: ep, reason: 'bad-reply', detail, rawReply: formatRawReply(send.buf) };
     }
+    const header = parseStatusHeader(text);
     return {
         ok: true,
         endpoint: ep,
         status: {
+            // Prefer statusResponse `\info\` line values when present, fall
+            // back to print-body `key: value` header lines otherwise.
             players,
-            map: info.mapname ?? info.sv_mapname ?? null,
-            gametype: info.g_gametype ?? null,
+            map: info.mapname ?? info.sv_mapname ?? header.map ?? header.mapname ?? header.sv_mapname ?? null,
+            gametype: info.g_gametype ?? header.g_gametype ?? header.gametype ?? null,
             roster: parsePlayerRoster(text)
         }
     };
diff --git a/tests/unit/rcon.test.ts b/tests/unit/rcon.test.ts
index d1edd3c..91a5b35 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rcon.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/rcon.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
     parseInfoLine,
     parsePlayerCount,
     parsePlayerRoster,
+    parseStatusHeader,
     formatRawReply
 } from '../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js';
 
@@ -119,6 +120,46 @@ describe('parsePlayerRoster', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('parseStatusHeader', () => {
+    it('extracts key:value header lines from a Plutonium status body', () => {
+        const body = [
+            'print',
+            'map: mp_kino',
+            'num score ping guid                             name',
+            '--- ----- ---- --------                         ----',
+            '  0    12   45 abc123def456                     joe'
+        ].join('\n');
+        const h = parseStatusHeader(body);
+        expect(h.map).toBe('mp_kino');
+        // Header keys stop at the scoreboard — guids/names must not leak in.
+        expect(h.abc123def456).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('handles builds that include gametype or other dvars in the header', () => {
+        const body = [
+            'print',
+            'map: mp_ascension',
+            'gametype: zclassic',
+            'sv_maxclients: 4',
+            '--- --- ---',
+            ''
+        ].join('\n');
+        const h = parseStatusHeader(body);
+        expect(h.map).toBe('mp_ascension');
+        expect(h.gametype).toBe('zclassic');
+        expect(h.sv_maxclients).toBe('4');
+    });
+
+    it('returns empty object for a statusResponse (no colon header)', () => {
+        const body = [
+            'statusResponse',
+            '\\mapname\\mp_kino\\g_gametype\\zclassic',
+            '10 45 "joe"'
+        ].join('\n');
+        expect(parseStatusHeader(body)).toEqual({});
+    });
+});
+
 describe('formatRawReply', () => {
     it('renders a small buffer as hex + printable ASCII with an offset', () => {
         const buf = Buffer.from([0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x70, 0x72, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x0a]);