The complete path from your first shovel of sand to a fully automated gold line. Every guide marks its source tier — VERIFIED for official facts, COMMUNITY for player-tested methods, and a plain single-source tag where only one source exists (with its limits noted).
Your first hour, step by step: digging, finding water, the wet-sand recipe, your first Shaker, and the first research unlocks.
Read guide → Guides · How-toThe full gold-sifting loop: diagonal shakers, the Collector, production ratios, and the "chase the chain before adding machines" troubleshooting method.
Read guide → Guides · How-toLogistics with conveyors, filters, pipes, pumps, launchers, and drones — from a hand-built workshop to a fully automated line.
Read guide → Guides · How-toThe two most painful resource lines: three paths to infinite water, plus where to find and how to use purple Fluxite.
Read guide → Guides · MechanicsYour second gold line, fully explained: the EA heat system, the 25-block-drop press recipe, probabilistic combustion loss, the Cryoblaster lava chain, and troubleshooting.
Read guide → Guides · ProgressionThe full list of all 16 achievements, the "opportunistic vs hoarding" split, the "simultaneously held" rule for gold achievements, and a recommended unlock order.
Read guide → Guides · MechanicsYour first machine, done right: the 20-gold unlock, the 4-wet-sand-per-gold recipe, diagonal placement, and routing gold into a Collector.
Read guide → Guides · DesignModular zones, diagonal shaker rows, the 25-block Slag Press shaft, and one-way logistics that keep a factory growing instead of choking.
Read guide → Guides · TipsA source-tagged tip sheet: first-hour priorities, gold-line ratios, the Shift-skip launcher trick, and the press & heat gotchas.
Read guide → Guides · LogisticsThe late-game hauler, honestly: what's confirmed, the community research order, and the evidence boundaries before you build around them.
Read guide →Start with the Beginner Guide, then follow Gold → Automation → Water/Fluxite. That is the smoothest learning path for the opening hours.