About this field manual

Our guides focus on questions that interrupt play: why a machine has stopped, how a material reacts, what an unlock changes, or what to prepare before leaving the factory. Each entry begins with a direct answer and then records the route, failure modes and sources behind it.

The site is written for the current Early Access build. Mechanics, research costs and platform availability can change, so version-sensitive claims are marked and revisited instead of being presented as permanent facts.

Official store pages, the developer-backed Wiki and official guides are preferred for factual claims. Community posts are used to find questions, layouts and puzzle clues, but a single post is not treated as universal proof.

Where a claim has not been reproduced in the current build, the page says so. Source links are included on guide pages so readers can distinguish verified rules from field advice.

This website is not operated, sponsored or endorsed by Lantto Games or Hooded Horse. Sandustry, its names, artwork and game imagery belong to their respective rights holders. References to the game are editorial and informational.

Corrections, attribution questions and rights-holder requests can be sent through the contact page.

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• Do not invent fixed coordinates, recipes or compatibility claims.
• Label spoilers and version-sensitive advice.
• Credit external sources and community creators.
• Correct material errors when credible evidence is provided.