Sandustry has three very different kinds of help: onboarding, optimization, and advanced building. They are kept separate here so you can jump straight to the issue blocking your factory.
If you are opening Sandustry for the first time, use these in order. This is the shortest path from confusion to a functioning first setup.
Get comfortable with the earliest sequence: dig, transport, add water, create wet sand, and sift out value, before your first real layout exists.
Once the basics make sense, the next problem is reliability. Water loss, unstable sand flow, and poor filtering are the most common early friction points.
Use the tips page for layout cleanup, steam recovery, environmental shortcuts, and fewer wasteful rebuilds.
When the gold line stalls, the cause is almost always one of five verified mechanics: dry sand, stuck solids, residue buildup, the 25% odds, or water loss. Match your symptom, apply the fix.
Pick a guide by where you are in a run: getting started, surviving the first two hours, optimizing a working factory, or moving goods around the map.
A structured start that establishes which systems are foundational before anything else.
Focused on the first stable factory, early water scarcity, and avoiding waste during wet sand processing.
Turn a working setup into a smoother one: fewer jams, less friction, and smarter use of the world itself.
Conveyor Belts, Launchers, and Filters: the three parts that move and sort every solid in your factory.
The exact Gold costs of every research tier, plus a sensible order to unlock the nodes that pay for themselves.
Which Fluxite upgrades to buy first, and how the Material Scanner, Expanded Capacity, and Digging Speed upgrades pair with research.
When you need a material or building lookup instead of a narrative guide, jump directly to the reference layer.
Keep going with these mechanics and building pages. Each one connects directly to the early loop you just learned.
Explain infinite water questions, loss prevention, and steam-to-rain style recovery loops.
Cover generation, containment, and why steam escaping the system matters so much early.
No single "Processing Plant" exists; match your goal to the Shaker, Kinetic Press, or Steam Dryer.
Separate shared player layouts from true mods. That distinction already matters here.