Fan-Made Sandustry Guide & Wiki
Sandustry Wiki
Build a factory in a fully destructible pixel world where sand, water, steam, plants, and minerals follow physical rules. Mine resources, automate production chains, unlock research, and dig deeper to discover ancient artifacts.
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Your Sandustry Journey
Beginner Guide
Learn the interface, core controls, first objectives, currencies, building tools, and the basic progression loop from mining your first sand to running your first factory.
OpenGold & Early Automation
Create wet sand, sift gold with shakers, collectors, launchers and conveyors, and turn the manual opening minutes into your first automated production line.
OpenLogistics, Filters & Fluids
Understand conveyors, launchers, filters, pipes and pumps — how to separate mixed resources and manage water, steam and other physical materials.
OpenResearch, Tiers & Artifacts
Plan research and upgrades, unlock higher factory tiers, improve production chains, and solve underground artifact puzzles as you explore deeper.
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Follow a practical path built from real guides.
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Getting Started
Your first gold, first shaker, and first automated line.
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First Automation
Conveyors, launchers, filters, and collectors.
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Logistics & Fluids
Move water, steam, and mixed piles where you need them.
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Dig Deeper
Research tiers, artifacts, and ancient ruins.
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Recent Updates
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Burnt Residue and Burnt Slag Processing Guide
Sandustry Burnt Residue guide for the gold chain: burn residue safely, plan for material loss, meter the Kinetic Press input, and keep the output route clear.
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Sandustry Flower and Seed Guide
Sandustry flower guide for Wet Seeds and Planter Boxes: clear mature flowers, sort Gold and Amethelis, and avoid a backlog while expanding the farm safely.
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Sandustry Flux Emanator Guide and Setup
Sandustry Flux Emanator guide: feed Voidbloom from above, leave space for Fluxite growth, harvest before performance drops, and protect this production cell.
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Sandustry Kinetic Press Guide and Setup
Sandustry Kinetic Press guide for Burnt Residue: use a clean drop, keep output space open, and prevent clogs caused by excess throughput or mixed material.
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Best Sandustry Planter Box Designs Guide
Sandustry Planter Box designs for a flower farm: feed Wet Seeds, contain growth, collect Gold and Amethelis below, and expand only after careful testing.
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Sandustry Artifacts Guide for Exploration
Sandustry Artifacts guide: prepare a safe route, inspect chambers before changing terrain, collect verified rewards, and mark unknown effects for confirmation.
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Everything you need, organized by topic. Pick a module and dive in.
Getting Started
The core Sandustry loop, from your first handful of gold to a self-running factory.
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Wet sand and sift your first gold
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Automate with shakers, collectors and conveyors
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Burn residue and press it into more gold
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Research, upgrade, and dig deeper
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Sandustry Automation
Production structures and the chains that feed them.
Shaker
Separates gold from wet sand
Kinetic Press
Turns burnt residue into gold
Planter Box
Grows flowers from wet seeds
Filters
Allow or block a single resource
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Materials & Resources
Find, process, and move every material the planet offers.
Gold
Unlocks all research
Fluxite
Pays for tool upgrades
Amethelis
Refines into Florinol energy
Lava & Steam
Heat and fluid logistics
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Update History
Early Access patches and events, newest first.
- Latest
v0.5.4
Update #1 — filter editing and Tier 5 softlock fixes
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Aug 13, 2026
Sandustry launched into Early Access
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Ready to Master Sandustry?
From your first wet-sand gold setup to complex automated factories, research tiers, fluid systems and artifact puzzles, use our Sandustry guides to spend less time stuck and more time building.