Sandustry
Guide
New to Sandustry or stuck on your factory? Use this guide hub to find the current beginner path, progression, production, materials, exploration and troubleshooting resources.
Beginner path
Start with the learning sequence supported by the official Beginner's Guide.
Beginner Guide
Learn the first steps from basic resource collection and processing to a functional production line. Exact first-click UI steps are 待确认.
OPEN GUIDE ↗First Gold
Gold is part of the early progression path and is used to unlock Research. The detailed production setup belongs on a dedicated material page.
OPEN GUIDE ↗First Research
Use the Research path after establishing the basics. Specific best-first unlock recommendations are 待确认 unless verified in the current build.
OPEN GUIDE ↗First Upgrades
Fluxite is associated with inventory upgrades in the official guide. Exact upgrade costs and UI locations are 待确认.
What to learn next
Gold → Research
The official progression path connects Gold with Research. This hub explains the relationship and links to the detailed resource page.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Fluxite → Upgrades
Fluxite is identified as the progression resource for inventory upgrades. Current terminology and exact unlock details should be checked against the live build.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Energy → Late-game structures
Energy is associated with driving later structures in the official guide. The exact structures and requirements are 待确认.
Build and move materials
Production grows from simple processing into multiple-stage refining and increasingly complex production chains.
Production Chains
Follow the path from simple processing to multiple-stage refining. Specific input/output ratios are not stated in the collected source and remain 待确认.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Filters & Logistics
The official guide identifies filters as useful when a production line needs to isolate by-products. Conveyors, pipes and pumps belong to the logistics overview.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Machines & Automation
Use the machines section for filters, conveyors, pipes, pumps and specialized machines. Exact machine stats require current-build verification.
Resources and physical reactions
Fluxite
Fluxite is used for inventory upgrades according to the official Beginner's Guide. The current in-game naming and exact upgrade effects should be verified.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Lava
The official guide describes a cycle in which Lava can be frozen into Cinder, mined or moved, and heated back into Lava. Current machine details are 待确认.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Residue & Burnt Slag
Community discussions show players asking about residue and clogged production lines. The exact current terminology and handling steps require source or 实机验证.
Explore, then return later
Artifacts
Artifacts are part of the exploration path described by the official guide. This hub links the dedicated artifact page rather than duplicating locations.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Ancient Puzzles & Crackstone
Some ancient puzzles require tools or resources that are not unlocked yet. If blocked, the official guide supports returning later; exact routes are 待确认.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Exploration Tools
Use this entry for tools needed to reach blocked areas. Current unlock order and UI instructions need 实机验证.
When the factory stops
Steam community discussions are used here to identify player questions, not to prove mechanics by themselves.
How to separate Wet Sand and Water
A player problem supported by community discussion and related to Filter setup. The exact current arrangement requires verification.
OPEN GUIDE ↗How to remove Haulers
A dedicated troubleshooting question from the collected keyword set. The correct current steps are 待确认 until verified.
OPEN GUIDE ↗Why is my factory clogging?
Residue and filter blockage appear in community questions. Use the linked troubleshooting page for the current evidence-backed explanation.
Where this guide comes from
Sandustry Official Wiki — Beginner's Guide provides progression, materials, production, logistics and exploration facts. Steam Community Guides provides the guide categories and browse intent. Steam Community helps identify real player problems. Best Beginner Tips — Early Access is supplemental and cannot independently confirm mechanics.