Fan-made factory field manual
Turn every grain into industry.
Mine a fully destructible world, master physical materials and build production lines that survive the sand. Start with your first gold, then scale into fluids, heat and deep automation.
Start here
Your first working factory
Follow the same order the game teaches its core systems: earn, move, separate, then scale.
Beginner Guide
Go from hand-sifting sand to a stable first production line.
Read guide → 02Farm Gold
Build the Wet Sand → Shaker → Collector loop without clogging.
Build the loop → 03Control Water
Understand absorption, pumps, pipes, vents, steam and rain.
Learn fluids → 04Plan the Factory
Separate inputs, outputs and overflow before the sand wins.
Plan a layout →Core production chain
From sand to research
The first dependable loop teaches nearly every system you will use later.
Excavate a clean input stream.
Let sand absorb water.
Separate useful output.
Keep outputs apart early.
Turn physical gold into currency.
Popular guides
Solve the next bottleneck
Infinite Water: current methods
Separate the official Snow → Steam → Rain cycle from old demo duplication behavior.
ThermalMove and use Lava safely
Freeze Lava into Scoria, transport Cinder and rebuild a controlled heat source.
LogisticsDesign for overflow
Use filters, buffers and return loops so one full bin cannot stop the whole factory.
Build with confidence
Ready to master Sandustry?
Start with a reliable gold line, then expand one bottleneck at a time. Every guide distinguishes current official mechanics from old demo footage.