Sandustry Guide, Factory Planner & Puzzle Solver
Find how to make a material, what research you're missing, where to find a landmark, or how to solve an Artifact puzzle.
What are you stuck on?
What are you trying to do?
Go straight to the answer or tool that matches your problem.
I just started playing
Build the first Sand-to-Gold factory, store Gold, and spend your first Research.
Open beginner guide →
What's my next step?
See the current progression and what unlocks after your next milestone.
View progression →
I need to make something
Trace every input, machine and research gate for a target material.
Plan production →
My machine isn't working
Diagnose clogs, missing inputs, blocked outputs and power or heat issues.
Diagnose machine →
Something looks broken
Check whether it is a factory setup, a normal game mechanic, a settings problem, or a possible game issue.
Open troubleshooting →
I want mods
Install Workshop mods, fix a mod that will not load, or start a first Sandkit project.
Open mods guide →
I'm stuck on an Artifact
See the goal, required tool, exact steps and recovery options.
Solve a puzzle →
I'm looking for a landmark
Navigate to Glyph Room, Void, Fluxroom and other key locations.
Open map →
I'm missing a creature
Mark what you have found, identify the missing creature, and get a practical search route.
Open creature finder →
My Fluxite automation won't reset
Find the missing end-of-cycle condition so the line refills after it dumps.
Open Fluxite reset solver →
I have a Blueprint
Decode a Blueprint and check its structures, signals and research requirements.
Inspect Blueprint →
Where are you in the progression?
Pick your current milestone. We'll use it to show what you're missing across guides and tools.
Pick a milestone to see your next requirement and unlock.
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Common Sandustry problems
Quick answers to the problems players run into most often.
Lava
Move Lava safely and route it into production.
Lava guide →
Water
Capture Lumlings, move Water with Pumps and Pipes, and recover Steam as rain.
Water guide →
Kinetic Press
Fix Gold clogs, short drop paths and blocked outputs.
Kinetic Press guide →
Copper
Find Fluxroom, mine Copper and turn it into Power Bricks.
Copper guide →
Flowers & Wet Seed
Wash Seeds, contain the grow chamber, harvest Gold and Amethelis, and grow 4,000 Flowers.
Flowers guide →
Aura
Calculate Crystal requirements and see your next Aura research gate.
Aura guide →
Filters
Learn Allow vs Block, sort mixed piles, and fix Filters that leak or clog.
Filter guide →
Final creature
There is no universal last creature. Identify the one you are missing and how to search for it.
Creature finder →
Fluxite automation reset
If the line dumps once and never refills, add an empty/end-of-cycle condition that returns to Fill.
Fluxite reset solver →
Plan or inspect before you build
Use Sandustry game data directly instead of calculating or checking a factory by hand.
Production Planner
1,000 Auralite
- 336 Florinol
- Synthesizer ×21
- 336 Aurixite
Shaker- 1,008 Auralite
Energy required
16,800
Blueprint Inspector
Paste a Sandustry Blueprint
Decoded locally in your browser. Your Blueprint is not uploaded.
Open full inspection →Solve all 9 Artifacts
Track what you've found and open step-by-step solutions for the hardest Artifact rooms.
0 / 9 found
Open Artifact Solver →
Find important landmarks
Use known landmark relationships instead of wandering underground blindly.
Void
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3 tiles east
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Glyph│
1 tile south
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Fluxroom
- Void Orb appears after the relevant story step.
- Stratacore is story-spawned and does not have a fixed landmark offset.
Browse the database
Materials, machines, research and items connected by real production and progression relationships.
Current game data
Sandustry v0.5.5 · Build 93210
Last reviewed Sep 2, 2026
- ✓Production
- ✓Research
- ✓Artifacts
- ✓Landmarks
- ✓Blueprint schema 4
Game mechanics and structured data are reviewed against the current build and updated when verified behavior changes.