Sandustry buildings
Sandustry buildings are the placed machines that move, sort, and refine pixels. This page lists every official building article that existed on 15 August 2026, plus the inputs and outputs we can defend. Redlink machines such as Synthesizer and Steam Turbine stay off the slug list. Official store copy, the Hooded Horse wiki roster, and Steam patch notes are the only sources for numbers on this page. Community names stay in the alias column.
Refining floor
The Shaker is the first machine that matters. Official research costs 20 Gold. Feed only Wet Sand on a diagonal. Gold chance is about one in four pixels. Residue is the rest. The Kinetic Press, also called Kinetic Slag Press in community writing, takes Burnt Residue and returns extra Gold plus spores.
The Flux Emanator is the botanical refinery. Community factories run one of them. It consumes Voidbloom and grows Fluxite under the tile. Planter Boxes grow the flowers that drop Amethelis petals for that Voidbloom mix.
Logistics floor
Conveyor Belt unlocks with Logistics at 30 Gold. Mk.2 is the later official belt. Launchers throw solids across gaps and up cliffs. Hold Shift while placing to skip a launcher outlet when you chain several, a community control that matches the live editor.
Filters split mixed trunks by material or density. Collectors catch loose Gold so flakes stop rolling into pits. Lights exist so drone paths and underground belts stay readable.
| Name | Role | Unlock | Inputs | Outputs | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaker | refining | Research · Shaker 20 Gold | Wet Sand | Gold, Residue | Official cost 20 Gold. Wet Sand only. About 1 in 4 Gold falls through; Residue stays on top. Stair-step diagonally. |
| Kinetic Press | refining | Later Refining | Burnt Residue | Gold, Spores | Official cost 500 Gold. Burnt Residue must fall at least 25 blocks. Output is 1 Gold + 1 Seed. |
| Conveyor Belt | logistics | Research · Logistics 30 Gold | Any launchable solid | Same solid | Steam’s starting logistics piece. One material per trunk until Filters exist. |
| Conveyor Belt Mk.2 | logistics | Later Logistics | Any launchable solid | Same solid | Faster official belt tier. Use on long gold and Residue spines. |
| Launcher | logistics | Logistics | Solids | Solids (airborne) | Throws pixels up or across gaps. Hold Shift while placing to skip the outlet when chaining (community control note). |
| Filter | sorting | Filters research | Mixed solids | Split solids | Allow or Block one solid. Official cost 250 Gold. Advanced Filter (1500) also handles liquids and gases, still one type. |
| Pipe | fluids | Pipes research | Water, Steam, Lava | Same fluid | With Pump and Liquid Vent, moves any fluid except lava. Mixed pipes always vent the nearest liquid. Logistics need no power. |
| Pump | fluids | Pipes research | Standing liquid | Piped liquid | Lifts water or lava into a pipe network. |
| Liquid Vent | fluids | Pipes research | Piped liquid | Free liquid | Dumps a pipe into a wetting pool or burn lane. |
| Collector | logistics | Early buildings | Loose pixels | Belt or bin | Gold only counts as banked when it sits in a Collector. |
| Light | utility | Lights research | Underground visibility for belts and drone paths. | ||
| Flux Emanator | refining | Botanical / Fluxite line | Voidbloom | Fluxite | Official cost 2000 Gold. Voidbloom in, Fluxite out at 1:1 while fed. |
| Planter Box | farming | Botanical research | Seed, Wet Seed, Soil | Flower, Amethelis | Official cost 2000 Gold. Wet Seed grows a Flower (Moss + 4 Amethelis + 1 Gold). |
| Steam Dryer | fluids | Drying 2500 Gold | Wet materials, Steam | Dried solids | Official 2500 Gold pair with Condenser. Dries Amethelis toward Energy. |
| Block | structure | Always | Player-placed solid used for tanks, hoppers, and vault plugs. | ||
| Marquee | utility | Build tools | Selection / build helper listed as its own official page. Used with mass select and delete. | ||
| Pipe Remover | utility | Pipes research | Pipes | Deletes pipe runs without chewing the surrounding factory. | |
| Demolisher | utility | Construction | Buildings | Clears placed buildings. Demo Hotfix 8 lets you hold Control to replace buildings in place. | |
| Advanced Filter | sorting | Research 1500 Gold | Solids, Liquids, Gases | One allowed type | One type, including fluids and gases. |
| Launcher Mk.2 | logistics | Logistics Mk.2 2500 Gold | Solids | Solids (airborne) | Faster official launcher. |
| Conveyor Portal | logistics | Research 750 Gold | Belt contents | Belt contents | Crosses lines without mixing. |
| Clearing Frame | logistics | Research 1000 Gold | Mixed contents | Mixed contents | Slow conveyor that can move Wet Seeds in Water. |
| Aerokinetic Fan | logistics | Research 1500 Gold | Petals | Airborne petals | Blows Amethelis and other light pixels. |
| Burner Belt | thermal | Research 500 Gold | Residue | Burnt Residue | Automates Residue ignition. |
| Condenser | energy | Drying 2500 Gold | Florin | Florinol | Condenses Florin gas into Florinol liquid. |
| Florinol Battery | energy | Research 1500 Gold | Florinol | Energy | 16 Energy per tile. Spent Florinol hardens; rocket ignition returns Energy. |
| Smelter | production | Research 3000 Gold | Ores | Metals | Official late production building. |
| Copper Mold | energy | Research 2000 Gold | Liquid Copper | Power Brick | Needs Smelter and Florinol Battery. |
| Steam Turbine | energy | Research 3000 Gold | Steam | Energy | Automated Energy generation. |
| Void Rift | special | Research 3000 Gold | Official special building. | ||
| Snowmaker | thermal | Research 2500 Gold | Snow | Official snow source building. | |
| Synthesizer | production | Research 7500 Gold | Highest printed Gold unlock. Recipe not published on the WIP page. | ||
| Wall Light | utility | Lights research | Official lighting building on the tree. | ||
| Foundation | structure | Always | Official block name on the current main page. Older pages said Block. |
Fluid floor
Pipes, Pumps, and Liquid Vents move Water, Steam, and Lava. Early demo patches once deleted water in pipes; current Early Access expects ordinary flow. Steam Dryer is the official wet-to-dry machine used on Amethelis.
Block is the player-placed solid for tanks and hoppers. Pipe Remover and Demolisher exist so you can edit without carving the world. Demo Hotfix 8 lets Control replace a building in place.
Placement habits
Diagonal Shakers, high-side feed, downhill Residue, covered tanks, one Emanator, lights before drones. That sentence is the building guide without the table. The table exists so you can confirm a name before you spend Gold.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Kinetic Slag Press a different machine?
No. Official wiki title is Kinetic Press. Community guides kept the demo name.
Should I rush drones?
Not before Logistics. Digger and Hauler fill gaps. Belts define the factory.
Where is the Synthesizer?
Official research lists it at 7500 Gold. The building page was still a redlink on 15 August 2026, so this roster does not invent a recipe.