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Mining Quarry

Monument mining quarries burn one Diesel Fuel every 125s to extract sulfur, metal, stone, or HQM ore at the three quarry monuments.

Health
2,500
Per diesel
125s
In the game
One in each of 3 monuments

What each quarry digs per diesel

Kept fed, a monument mining quarry burns 28.8 Diesel Fuel an hour.

Quarry Per diesel Per hour
HQM Quarry 50 High Quality Metal Ore 1,440 High Quality Metal Ore
Stone Quarry 1,000 Metal Ore, 5,000 Stones 28,800 Metal Ore, 144,000 Stones
Sulfur Quarry 1,000 Sulfur Ore 28,800 Sulfur Ore

Where to find a mining quarry

Where Units
HQM Quarry 1
Stone Quarry 1
Sulfur Quarry 1

The one you place yourself

The version you place yourself is the Mining Quarry, with the same 2,500 health as the monument one.

Built in, not the one you place

Other monument machines: Green Recycler, Yellow Recycler, Red Recycler, Research Table, Repair Bench, Monument Workbench Level 1, Monument Workbench Level 2, Oil Refinery, Barbecue, Pumpjack, Water Catcher, Crude Producer, Giant Excavator, Junkyard Shredder, Magnet Crane and Power Grid.

How the monument Mining Quarry works in Rust

On procedural Rust server maps, Mining Quarry (2,500 structural rating) appears as 3 permanent world fixtures distributed across 3 monument compounds. Unlike player-built workshop furniture placed inside a private base, these public monument installations remain bolted to the map terrain across the entire wipe and can be operated by any visiting survivor without Tool Cupboard authorization.

Mining Quarry monument locations, grid stages and efficiency

Monument placement tables, fuel or material conversion rates, and base-deployable comparisons above document where Mining Quarry stands on every procedural map seed and how its public utility mechanics compare against player-crafted stations.

  • Map placement density (3 fixtures): Bolted into 3 land or coastal radtown layouts on every procedural seed.
  • Structural hitpoints and pickup rules: Carries a fixed 2,500 hitpoint pool and remains permanently anchored to the monument floor without Hammer pickup.
  • Electrical grid and fuel requirements: Self-contained monument utility that operates immediately without slotting Heavy Fuses at Power Plant.
  • Base crafting and deployable comparison: Corresponds to an uncraftable item entry in the game files that only appears at monument compounds in survival play.
  • Public access and PvP considerations: Open to all players without building privilege, making surrounding sightlines, safe-zone turrets, and cycle timers critical during loot runs.

Frequently asked questions

How many Mining Quarry units spawn at Rust monuments?

Vanilla Rust monument layouts mount 3 permanent stations of this type across 3 mainland or coastal monuments, giving solo survivors and groups reliable public station access across every procedural map seed and server wipe.

How much health does Mining Quarry have at a Rust monument?

The monument fixture of Mining Quarry is rated at 2,500 world hitpoints in Rust, and stays bolted to the monument terrain rather than picked up with a Hammer into a player inventory.

How does Mining Quarry operate at a Rust monument?

The three public Mining Quarries (Stone, Sulfur, and High Quality Metal) burn Diesel Fuel barrels to dig raw minerals on a fixed cycle, rewarding squads that hold the quarry compound while the engine runs.

Does Mining Quarry depend on the Power Plant electrical grid in Rust?

Mining Quarry runs independently of the Power Plant Heavy Fuse boxes, allowing survivors to use the public station immediately at any of its 3 monument locations without powering the grid.

Which Rust monuments have Mining Quarry built into their layout?

Monument compounds housing this station include HQM Quarry, Stone Quarry, Sulfur Quarry (3 total units across 3 sites), giving solo survivors and groups permanent public access at those fixed coordinates throughout every procedural server wipe.

Can players craft and place their own version of Mining Quarry inside a base?

Although Mining Quarry exists as a deployable item in game files, it cannot be crafted at a workbench in vanilla survival, making the 3 monument Mining Quarry placements the sole survival source.

How does Mining Quarry compare to the other 16 monument machines in Rust?

Mining Quarry is 1 of 17 interactive monument station types indexed in the RustPotato Environment directory, alongside yellow, green, and red recyclers, Level 1 and 2 workbenches, diesel quarries, pumpjacks, the Giant Excavator, and public utility benches.

All 17 monument machines side by side