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Sandustry Gold: Uses, Production, and Guide

Learn how Sandustry Gold is produced, collected, separated, and converted to Liquid Gold for research and compact storage.

Field guideUpdated August 22, 2026
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Gold is the main early and mid-game research currency in Sandustry. Producing a Gold pixel is not enough: it must reach a Collector before it is added to the player's bank. That distinction makes collection and output routing part of the recipe, not an optional final step.

Sandustry Gold facts

PropertyConfirmed value
Matter typeSolid
Density300
SourcesShaker, Kinetic Press, Flower
Processed bySmelter
LaunchableYes

Production flow

Sand + Water→Wet Sand→Shaker→Gold→Collector

This flow identifies the material's immediate inputs and outputs. Follow the linked guides below for the surrounding chain instead of treating this compact route as a complete throughput calculator.

How Gold works

A Shaker has a chance to extract Gold while converting Wet Sand into Residue. A Kinetic Press later gives a deterministic Gold output from Burnt Residue, and Flowers add another source. Gold is unusually dense and passes through a Shaker while other solids stay above it. A Smelter can turn it into Liquid Gold; the official page states that a Liquid Gold pixel counts for twice the currency of solid Gold when stored.

How to use Gold in a factory

Route the Shaker's bottom output directly toward collection and move Residue away from the top. Once the Kinetic Press is available, treat Residue as deferred Gold instead of waste. Density can help Gold settle below lighter material, but a designed filter or clean output path is more reliable than a mixed storage pile.

Common Gold problems

ProblemWhat to check
Gold is visible but research balance does not riseThe material has not reached a Collector, or the Collector route is blocked.
Shaker output stopsA non-Gold solid may be trapped in the Shaker body or Residue may be backing up on top.
Estimated yield seems wrongThe Shaker stage is probabilistic and the Residue burn stage also loses material.

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Facts were checked against the official Sandustry Wiki page for Gold. Sandustry is in Early Access, so confirm balance-sensitive values in the current game after updates.

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