 This article may seem complete to the untrained eye, but the gaps in information are still large enough for this elite team of Panauan Ninjas to hide inside of. |
(click here to learn more)| Excavator | |
|---|---|
 Damaged and about to blow up. | |
| Vehicle in Just Cause 3 | |
| Type | Bucket-wheel excavator |
| Weapons | 4 x Capstone FH155 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| List of owners | Medici Military |
| Top speed (km/h) | Never seen moving |
| Excavator | |
|---|---|
| Sabotage Destructible Object in Just Cause 3 | |
| Total amount | 9 |
| Armament needed | Explosives, Vehicle mounted weapons |
| Value in Chaos points | 800 |
| Approximate safe distance during destruction | At least 20 meters, likely more |
Excavators are enormous industrial machines and Stationary vehicles in Just Cause 3, which also count as sabotage objects.
Appearance[]
The excavators in Medici are enormous bucket-wheel excavators with a boom similar to that of the Bagger 288, but fitted with twin bucket wheels mounted on a chassis similar to that of the Bucyrus 8750 walking dragline excavator. In particular, the eight "generators" on the roof are where the air filter units would be on a real dragline excavator. The layout of the three support structures of the main boom appear to be based on the boom layout of the largest walking drag-line ever built, Big Muskie, though the vertical structure is based on a Bagger-series excavator.
Performance[]
The excavators in Just Cause 3 are stationary vehicles. In real life, excavators are designed to extract raw materials in the same part of a quarry for decades and to move very rarely. When they do move, they use enormous pontoon-like "feet" to inch the vehicle forward. See this video and/or this video of a real excavator in motion.
Destructibility[]
The excavator is a tough target with multiple hit locations and is always defended by enemy forces, since all excavators are found in military alert zones. Destroying one requires the destruction of the main boom and the eight "generator" objects on the roof. The generators can be destroyed with a single GE-64 charge each, while it is best to attack the diagonal forward supporting structure with as many charges as possible rather than attempting to destroy the main boom directly. It should be noted that Grappling and retracting two generators together will destroy them both, making this one of the most efficient ways to destroy them.
Each has at least 4 Capstone FH155 autocannons on the roof, which will be used by enemies if Rico is flying but can also be used to attack the boom and generators.
Destroying an excavator provides 800 Chaos points, the same amount as a SATCOM Dish. Notably, in a Destruction Frenzy challenge, only the complete destruction of an Excavator will start the clock, so it is often wise to destroy the generators so that only the main boom needs to be hit.
Locations[]
They are part of the Bavarium mining operations in Medici and are exclusively found in mining sites around Insula Striate.
There are a total of nine excavators at different Bavarium mines:
- 2 at Cava Geminos Nord.
- 1 at Cava Geminos Sud.
- 2 at Cava Grande.
- 2 at Cava Grande Secunde.
- 2 at Cava Montana.
Trivia[]
- While there are walking bucket-wheel excavators in real life, most notably the Russian KU800/12-R, these require an enormous counterweight that extends far to the rear of the vehicle's pivot point to offset the weight of the bucket wheel.
- These are likely the largest Chaos Objects in the Just Cause Game Series.
Gallery[]
.png "Derailed Extraction (passing through mine).png (2.63 MB)")