Sandustry Quick Tips

Dig for a goal (space, resource, fluid control), not for dopamine tunnels.

Keep the dig face narrow enough that you can still see logistics behind it.

Do not undercut belts and machines without a save.

If a cave is flooding, stop digging and fix fluid routing first.

Place filters before you think you need them.

Separate dig → buffer → refine → sink even in a tiny starter base.

Leave walkways and rebuild lanes — pixel bases get entombed.

Give overflow an intentional dump so clogs do not become mysteries.

When stuck, watch one junction for 30 seconds instead of adding more machines.

Isolate slag / residuals from the valuable path early.

Treat wet sand as a designed early loop, not a random weather event.

Learn one clean pipe/pump path before branching a fluid maze.

More sand rarely fixes a flooded belt.

Snapshot or save before terraforming under critical belts.

Use the demo to profile your PC before a long EA session.

Bookmark Steam news and the official wiki for patch-sensitive numbers.

Join Discord or Reddit for layout screenshots — not as a substitute for reading tooltips.

If a guide invents exact ratios without sources, ignore it during EA.

Automate the step you hate clicking first.

Stable flow beats bigger holes.

Rebuild in slices, not rage-wipes, when possible.

Write down the bottleneck in one sentence before redesigning.