Guides
A focused set of answers, not a wiki index. Search by the words you would use after a bad run or before your next queue.
Correct as of Update #6 · 2026-08-03
Before you deploy
- First expedition: a low-regret setup
Prepare a small loadout, learn the loop, and stop before one more risky container.
- Voyage vs Storm Dive
The two modes and which to start with.
- Can you play SAND solo?
The official answer and what solo players report.
- Will your progress be wiped?
What the developer said about Early Access wipes, dated.
- Region and character progression
What carries across characters, and what is locked to a region.
- What to sell, keep and use
A cautious rule for full inventories, task items and surplus resources.
When a run goes bad
- How to extract: ship and character
Call the dropship, survive calibration, then take the rope yourself.
- Ship and camp loot
Where to search and where a crate must be stored to come home.
- Lost everything? What actually happens
You lost your Tramplers and resources — do you start over?
- Kicked for “suspicious activity”
What triggers it, what clears it, and what you cannot fix.
- Reporting a player, a bug, or a ban appeal
All three routes exist. Here is where each button is.
- Crashes, launch failures, loading
Known issues with a dated status per row.
Keeping up with changes
- Can you capture Tramplers right now?
Disabled in July, back on 2026-08-03.
- Crew sizes and match queues
The current brackets, not the FAQ’s stale ones.
- Update history
Every captured update, marked current or superseded.