P0 QUERYSandustry wet sand gold residue production chain

Wet Sand, Gold, and Residue Production Chain

DIRECT ANSWER

Combine 1 Sand and 1 Water to make 2 Wet Sand. Each Wet Sand consumed by a Shaker becomes 1 Residue and has about a 25% chance to also produce 1 Gold. Gold falls from the bottom; Residue is pushed slowly from the top. A 25% chance is not a guarantee that every fourth unit pays out.

Input: 1 Sand + 1 Water
Guaranteed output: 2 Wet Sand → 2 Residue
Gold chance: About 25% per Wet Sand

VERSION-SENSITIVEEarly Access · v0.5.3 snapshotChecked Aug 16, 2026 · 16:11 CST

OFFICIAL STORE STILL / DENSE FACTORYRepeated processing lines in official game context

The screenshot shows repeated processing lines moving yellow material. It does not identify the material as Sand, Wet Sand, Gold, or Residue and does not prove any ratio or layout.

Open exact official image © Lantto Games / Hooded Horse. Official Steam store screenshot showing v0.2.6; historical visual context only, not the current v0.5.3 interface.

Player question: A player wants the current Wet Sand inputs, Shaker outputs, odds, and the first places a line can clog.

Make Wet Sand at the reaction boundary

The current Sand and Water pages use the same reaction: one pixel of Sand plus one pixel of Water creates two pixels of Wet Sand. The published ratio describes the material reaction; it does not establish a machine cycle time or ideal reservoir size.

Give the two Shaker outputs separate space

The Shaker reference says every Wet Sand becomes Residue, while Gold appears at a one-in-four chance. Gold drops through the bottom and Residue moves upward slowly. The current source calls the non-Gold output Residue; the earlier planning label Slag is not used as the current public answer.

Keep the bottom clear for Gold to fall.
Leave room above or along the top edge for Residue.
Treat the stated 4:1 relation as a long-run approximation, never four guaranteed inputs per Gold.

Check the two documented blockage patterns

The Shaker page warns that non-Gold material dragged inside can jam it and may require manual removal. The Conveyor Belt page says a blocked leading pixel stops the pile behind it. Those two checks are source-backed; exact throughput and a universal anti-clog layout remain missing.

SOURCE LEDGER / P0 / CORE PROCESS

Trace the answer before trusting it.

E1 is current first-party evidence. E2 is dated first-party or publisher-hosted reference material. E3 is timestamped public gameplay. Early Access updates can supersede any version-sensitive detail.

Publication limit: Inputs, outputs, direction, and approximate chance are published; throughput, guaranteed cycles, best Shaker count, and late-game disputed materials are not established.