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    • Guides Sandustry guides for gold, slag, water, starter factories, tools, and research. Step-by-step Early Access factory help.
    • How to Play Learn Sandustry core loop, controls, and first-hour goals. Dig sand, wet it, shake for gold, and spend research on conveyors and tools.
    • Getting Started Your first Sandustry session: demo or EA setup, starter buildings, research order, and a compact gold line before you dig deeper.
    • Early Game Tips Sandustry early-game tips: diagonal shakers, collectors, hover, slag burn, scanner, and first research buys in Early Access.
    • How to Get Gold Gold from Wet Sand on Shakers, yield rates, diagonal placement, and early Refining research. Optimize your first Sandustry income line.
    • Starter Factory Sandustry starter factory: lake launcher, diagonal shakers, collectors, slag belt, and a Kinetic Slag Press for Early Access.
    • Slag Processing Burn Slag with flamethrower or lava, run Burnt Slag through the Kinetic Slag Press, and squeeze extra gold from every shaker batch.
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  • Materials
    • Materials Every Sandustry pixel resource explained: sand, gold, slag, water, snow, redsand, fluxite, copper, and community ratios.
    • Sand & Wet Sand How Sand becomes Wet Sand in Sandustry: the 1+1=2 wetting rule, density behavior, mining tips, and feeding shakers without clogging belts.
    • Gold & Slag Gold yield from Wet Sand, Slag byproducts, burning to Burnt Slag, and Kinetic Slag Press outputs—plus routing tips for Sandustry factories.
    • Water & Steam Water wetting rules, ice and steam phase changes, flood control, and pipe routing for stable Wet Sand production in Sandustry.
    • RedSand & Fluxite RedSand density, Fluxite yields, leftover Amethelis, lava interactions, and mid-game refining priorities in Sandustry.
    • Voidbloom & Amethelis Amethelis petals and Voidbloom density, mixing with RedSand, filtering, storage, and overflow when redsand runs dry.
    • Copper & Power Sandustry copper guide: mining copper ore, smelting into Liquid Copper, power logistics, and Power Brick crafting.
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  • Buildings
    • Buildings Shakers, conveyors, launchers, filters, pipes, pumps, drones, and lights—how Sandustry buildings move, filter, and refine sand.
    • Shaker How the diagonal Shaker separates Wet Sand into Gold and Slag in Sandustry—placement, feed angles, output splits, and yield tips.
    • Conveyors Conveyor Belts and Launchers in Sandustry—throughput basics, cliff crossings, feeding shakers, and avoiding pile jams on factory lines.
    • Filters Density Filters in Sandustry—separating Sand, Wet Sand, Slag, RedSand, Lava, and Gold using community chart bands and belt routing.
    • Pipes & Pumps Pipes, Pumps, and Liquid Vents for water, steam, and lava routing in Sandustry—flood control, wetting pools, and phase safety.
    • Drones Digger and Hauler Drones in Sandustry—automating sand and slag relocation when conveyors cannot reach deep pits or vertical mines.
    • Flux Emanator Sandustry Flux Emanator: one per factory, Voidbloom feed from above, Fluxite growth below. Clearance, filters, belts, and drones.
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  • Tier List
    • Tier List Sandustry tier lists for research unlock order, tools, and early-game priorities. Compare what to buy first with gold before logistics.
    • Research Priority Best Sandustry research order: Refining 1, Logistics 1, Filters, Pipes, Tools, Refining 2 Slag Press, then Drones. Gold unlock priorities.
    • Early Game Unlocks Early Sandustry unlock priorities before Logistics: Refining 1 shakers, diagonal placement, and first gold spends without wasted research.
    • Tools Priority Sandustry tools tier list: Flamethrower for slag and ice, Vacuum, Cryoblaster, Grappling Hook, and guns ranked for exploration.
  • Controls
    • Controls Sandustry controls for build mode, hover, descend, remove, and launcher skip. PC keyboard reference for demo and Early Access.
    • Keyboard Shortcuts Full Sandustry keyboard shortcuts: S descend, R build mode, X remove, Shift marquee and launcher skip. PC demo and EA reference.
    • Build Modes Sandustry linear vs rectangular build modes with R toggle, launcher Shift skip, and placement tips for shakers, conveyors, and pipe runs.
    • Movement & Hover Sandustry movement and hover: EA rewrite, automatic pixel traverse, hover phase-through, picker key, and the U upgrade menu.
  • Mods
    • Mods Sandustry modding hub: Fluxloader install, custom maps, and community tools. Extend the pixel factory beyond vanilla demo and Early Access.
    • Fluxloader Install Install Fluxloader for Sandustry mods: folder paths, enable mods safely, and fix crashes after demo or Early Access updates.
    • Custom Maps Load Sandustry custom maps with Electric131 Map Loader, find Discord community maps, and test layouts beyond vanilla seeds safely.
    • SandTogether Co-op SandTogether is the first community co-op mod for Sandustry via Steam Workshop and Fluxloader: install, caveats, etiquette.
  • Tools
    • Tools Sandustry wiki tools: ratio tables and a research checklist. Plan shaker, water, and slag lines before spending gold in EA.
    • Production Ratios Sandustry production ratio tables for sand, water, shakers, and slag burn balance. Plan throughput before spending gold on machines.
    • Research Checklist Sandustry research unlock checklist for Refining, Logistics, Filters, Pipes, Tools, Refining 2, and Drones to tick off in-game.
  • Review
    • Review Sandustry reviews for live Early Access: demo impressions, factory loop verdict, and whether to buy or use Game Pass.
    • Demo Review Sandustry Steam demo review: free shaker loop, physics sandbox fun, demo limits, and who should buy live Early Access.
    • EA Preview Sandustry Early Access after August 13, 2026: what the live build includes, demo vs EA, mods, and who should buy or wait.
    • Should You Buy Should you buy Sandustry? Demo vs PC Game Pass vs Steam, who the factory loop fits, and launch-week store caveats.
  • Updates
    • Updates Sandustry Early Access news: v0.5.5+ modding, v0.5.4 filter edit, Tier 5 repair, v0.5.3 hotfix, platforms, demo vs EA, and roadmap.
    • 100K Sales Milestone Sandustry hit 100K paid sales in week one and Overwhelmingly Positive reviews; SandTogether co-op mod went live on Steam Workshop.
    • Update 0.5.5 Sandustry v0.5.5 notes: crash logging, animated images replacing video, Alt+Enter fullscreen, macOS fix, and Aura Extractor controls.
    • Update 0.5.4 Sandustry v0.5.4 notes: filter editing, Tier 5 softlock repair, red-block demolish, zoom keys, and puzzle reset.
    • Hotfix 0.5.3 Sandustry v0.5.3 hotfix: crash logs, steam-rain memory, clearer factory-tier objectives, and a GPU overlay launch option.
    • v0.5.6 Update Sandustry v0.5.6: critter petting buffs, denser lava changes, cold Thermal Buffers, Aura Extractor crystal preservation.
    • EA Launch Sandustry Early Access began August 13, 2026: price, 35% discount, Steam GOG Game Pass, Mac Linux, and launch trailer.
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  • Maps
    • Maps Sandustry map guide: biome locations, cavern resources, portal types, artifact rooms, and surface terrain for every digging strategy.
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