Database · guide index
Browse every approved keyword route by player intent. Launch-ready pages are eligible for the first sitemap; planned pages remain local review routes.
How to use the catalog
Materials link to the machines that transform them; machine pages link back to inputs, outputs, and troubleshooting. World and platform pages keep their own evidence boundaries.
Getting Started
First-hour decisions and current platform access.
Begin by learning the Minimap, stabilizing one simple Gold chain, and researching only what removes the next bottleneck. Keep inputs and outputs visible, leave room around machines, and treat exploration as a way to find Artifacts and Augments after the first production loop works.
As checked on August 16, 2026, the Xbox product page listed Sandustry for PC and included it with Game Pass Ultimate. This is a dated catalog snapshot, not a permanent entitlement, and it does not by itself confirm an Xbox console release.
World
Open-world navigation, artifacts, puzzles, and exploration limits.
Sandustry is presented as one large, fully destructible open-world sandbox, and the current beginner guidance confirms an in-game Minimap. Use the Minimap, objectives, and recognizable factory landmarks; do not assume that community biome names, seeds, or secret-location lists are official fixed map data.
Artifacts are scattered through Sandustry's world and grant Augments. Search by exploring deliberately with the Minimap and enough tools to investigate structures, but expect some ancient puzzles to require equipment or resources you have not obtained yet; mark them and return later.
Materials
Verified material identities, phase changes, and production relationships.
Water is a current Sandustry liquid used in the Wet Sand, Wet Seed, and Steam chains. Build a visible, controllable Water path, keep unrelated materials out of it, and diagnose problems by checking source, transport, destination capacity, and temperature in that order.
Lava is a current liquid entity, while Scoria and Cinder are also present in the current material index. The official guidance describes freezing Lava for solid transport and heating it again later, so design the route around controlled phase changes instead of moving exposed liquid across the whole factory.
Copper is a current Sandustry material. Copper comes from Copper Ore, a Filter can separate it when Ore is mixed with Sand, and a Smelter processes Copper into Liquid Copper. Build the chain so separation happens before the Smelter and each output remains visible.
Florin is the gas in the current Sandustry entity set; Florinol is the condensed liquid. The official beginner guidance describes heating Dry Amethelis to create Florin and condensing that gas into Florinol as part of an Energy route.
The current entity is Wet Seed. Seed combines with Water to form Wet Seed, and a Planter Box processes Wet Seed to produce Flower. Do not build around a claimed “Seed Washer” unless the current official building index later adds that machine.
Machines
Current machine names, safe setup guidance, and failure diagnosis.
Feed Burnt Residue into the current Kinetic Press by dropping it from at least 25 blocks above the machine. A successful process produces Gold and Seed. Keep the drop column clear, provide space for both outputs, and use a Launcher to automate removal of material stuck at the top.
Flux Emanator is a current Special building, but the checked official material does not yet establish a complete input, output, feed, or clearance specification. Treat any setup as a versioned test: isolate one input, leave visible space around the building, and record what the current UI and output actually confirm.
The current machine is the Shaker, not a Sifter. It processes Wet Sand into Residue and has a one-quarter chance to produce Gold. The official page recommends a downward diagonal staircase so slow-moving Residue can leave instead of burying the useful output.
The checked current Sandustry building index does not list a Sand Washer or Seed Washer. For the search intent, use a Wet Sand production layout: combine Sand with controlled Water, route the resulting Wet Sand into a Shaker, and design clear paths for Residue and Gold.
The checked current building index does not list a Boiler. Treat “Sandustry boiler” as a search for the Steam and thermal chain, then verify the current roles of Steam Dryer, Condenser, Snowmaker, Smelter, Thermal Buffer, Burner Belt, Pyro Dispenser, and Steam Turbine in the game UI.
Systems
Mods and feature-status pages with explicit version boundaries.
Sandustry's official descriptions support modding as part of the game's direction, but a community loader or download is not automatically official, safe, or compatible. Keep a clean baseline, verify the source and supported version, back up saves, add one mod at a time, and preserve a tested uninstall path.
As checked on August 16, 2026, the current Steam and Xbox capability listings identify Sandustry as single-player. The reviewed evidence did not contain a verified official multiplayer roadmap announcement. That describes the current evidence; it is not a promise that multiplayer can never be added.
Troubleshooting
Conservative checks for controls and automation problems.
Hauler Drone is a current official entity, but the checked official material does not document a verified delete or recycle control. Protect the save, cancel or clear the Drone's current task if the UI allows it, inspect the current selection and demolition tools, test only reversible actions, and confirm the result before saving again.