SpawnPass · Rust
Giant Excavator Pit
No keycards and no fuses — it runs on diesel, and it tells the whole server you switched it on.
Last checked 2026-09-21
Overview
The Excavator is a resource engine, not a puzzle. You feed it diesel, choose what it digs, and then defend two conveyor output piles for as long as the fuel lasts. Ignore any guide that tells you to bring a fuse.
Clear the pit
Descend into the pit and clear the scientists — somewhere between ten and eighteen depending on how much has respawned.
Fuel the engine room
The white fuel tank is in the engine room at the centre. Put diesel in — one barrel runs it, more barrels run it longer.
Start it up and choose the resource
Activate the engine, then climb to the control room by the arms and pick your output: high quality metal, sulfur, metal fragments or stone. Sirens start immediately and anyone with an RF pager knows.
- Starting the Excavator is the loudest thing you can do outside a raid. Decide in advance who is holding which pile.
Hold the two output piles
Everything drops at the two conveyor ends. That is what you are defending, and it is where people will come for you. Watch the moving arms and falling debris as well.