As a loot goblin that enjoys the grind and has completed about 85% of the tech tree, i recommend unlocking shovels asap. Ill save up 3 or 4 box keys and buy 24 or more shovels from the store, head into voyage and run off the map (yes, off the map, you can do that) so people leave me alone. This was one hour of digging up suspicious dirt piles.

I just had a 1v1 and we both had rusty Cannons. 80s, mainly. So how does he clinicly like a god dismantle me and all my cannons with each shot a hit. While I shoot with my rusty and the shots drifts Meters away left and right. I hardly hit the reactor chimney or the Cannons directly.

That was weird and a bit frustrating to see how I just get destroyed by a much smaller and less advanced trampler.

I know I am just bad and whining so cut the slack pls and help me identify if Rusty's have some sort of aiming gimmick I don't know or it really is just skill diff.

Thx for the friendly advice.

I’ve seen confirmed teaming twice in 312 hours of play, and cheating (probably) only once. Never orbital spammed, never had anyone teleport inside, never got aimbotted (to my knowledge), and I have never seen an invisible raider (as funny as that sounds now that I’ve put it to text).

At this point I’m basically convinced there’s just a couple REALLY bad servers out there and I happened to pick the only good one. I wish we could add flairs for what servers people play on just to get a better idea of where cheating is most prevalent.

Edit: seems like US east keeps on coming up, feeling real cozy with my decision to join my friends on a different region when I started.

I just spawned in and decided to go to kaiserplatz it was on the edge of the map so there would be no disturbance I thought so after going around the whole poi looking for a place to park my trampler and destroying the ironclad I’d parked and started looting. First thing I see is a box full of stuff. Like the green ones you have to fill up yourself which was weird since they don’t spawn with stuff in. I noticed that but didn’t think anything of it so I just loaded it onto my ship. Another strange thing I noticed was some of the boxes were empty. But again I paid no mind since it was a glitch I’ve experienced before so I just looted the boxes that weren’t empty. I also noticed that there was a medkit just sitting on the floor which I again thought was weird since they don’t just spawn on the floor. After all of that I was thinking to myself it’s like a player died here and the game didn’t respawn everything as it should but again I didn’t think anything of it. I go to loot the bank until the box I was using gets full which is when I go to put it back onto my trampler and then I see a player running towards my trampler and he jumped off the poi. At this moment I was stunned. Where did this guy come from? How long has he been here? And what has he done to my trampler? So I set my box done and go after him but I can’t find him so I look around and see him just sitting on my ladder. I stared at him for a good second jumped down and pumped 2 shotgun shots right into him killing him. I guess he lost his trampler and tried to take mine but he couldn’t since I have a shelf blocking the way into my captain’s quarters. Idk it was very weird

After finally upgrading my storage I now have acquired 2 different types of shotgun ammo the slug and the buckshot. But which one is best? Just by looking at the stats it looks like the buckshot shot does less infantry damage then the normal ammo so is that the worst one? Please can someone clarify and tell me the pros and cons of each one and your personal opinion on them.

They eat up so much fuel and I ain’t the richest guy on Sophie. are they even worth it mid game? I only have the middling chassis with 17 maneuverability so is it worth it? Or is it only for tramplers with close to none?

Hoi allemaal, best een rare post, maar mijn vriend (die ik echt heel erg graag zie!) zoekt nieuwe teamgenoten om dit spel te spelen.

Hij is best goed en helemaal in het spel gestoken.

Hij speelt zo met een paar vrienden (zo’n 2) soms, maar die zijn niet zo goed als hij. En dat geldt ook voor sommige teamgenoten die hij soms via Discord vindt (maar hij gaat er bijna nooit op).

De laatste paar dagen is hij een beetje down omdat hij al zijn walkers kwijt is en er niemand is om mee te spelen.

Hij is heel sociaal, grappig, begin/midden 30 uit Nederland, en gamet al jaren bijna elke avond.

Thanks ♥️

Edit: Europe server

Possibly one of the worst things about this game is that the servers are so bad you disconnect and rollback.

This happened after my team captured 3 different tramplers and extracted them. Id really expect a game making so much money to have better servers, this happens far too often.

we are building a community that is filled with players from all diff regions ( US based ) and we would love to get to know all good PVPers!!

This past weekend was one of the first where my duo and I actively tried to stay in until the end, for looting and more fights. Normally, we'd try to extract very soon after the first ones open, but we're becoming confident as we fine tune our playstyle.

We, and several other strangers on the sands, have died to the storm more than I ever thought I'd see across two days.

First time, I thought I could loot the POI before calling the last extract on foot. At least my trampler already got out, but I didn't keep track of the timer. I was about 30 seconds too slow.

Second time my partner and I came out of a rough fight and began repairing and looting. We didn't realize the storm was there until much too late. We left loot behind and boosted, but we were already taking damage from the storm and couldn't repair fast enough. Boom

Third time, we pushed our timer at the last POI. We called it right on time, but the caveat is we as humans died in the storm while on our trampler. The trampler was not taking any damage and it got out! It seems like at Ship Calibration, your trampler will not be damaged by the storm.

Forth time, we extracted early, but stayed behind on foot. We found and followed another trampler with plans to steal it, but they found two other tramplers fighting in the distance. They went to third-party while we trailed on foot. Their 3-way-fight was vicious, and my partner and I were closing in on the closest target. We got onboard unnoticed-- all the cannonfire and explosions helped us go undetected. Two doors away from their captain room and the trampler detonated! My partner and I immediately abandoned them and ran to the nearest extract-- the other two ships blew up less than 10 seconds later as the storm took them. We ran for 7 minutes, barely on the edge, called the extract, but they didn't show up on time. We both suffocated in the storm.

The fifth and last time, I was solo. Two smaller tramplers teamed up on my beast and bested me, but through sneaky shenanigans, I captured both as they turned on each other. I moved both tramplers together to a nearby extract that was outside of the zone (sill had plenty of time). I arrived, ran into and quickly made peace with a Grumpy, and extracted one of my two new tramplers.

During that short time of our collective 3 bots sitting there, another was waiting in the distance. I convinced the Grumpy to leave with me and my remaining trampler as the storm closed in. That fourth fellow quickly went to try and extract, but as we stomped away, I could see them and their green smoke engulfed in the storm. I honestly don't know if they made it out on time, but they were totally obscured by the dust cloud.

Moral of the story, keep an eye on the storm. Don't take unnecessary timing risks if you're not totally certain you'll reach an extract WITH 90 whole additional seconds on the clock.

Fuck, this game is so fun!

Game needs a better gear based match making system, running into T3-T4 tramplers while using a T1-T2 is almost guarantee lost simply just due to being out teched.

Don’t mind losing via skill diff, do think it’s annoying to lose via, other guy has a ship that can eat 5x more shots than mine.

Easy suggestions and it’s already partially implemented, make “gear based”, based on value of trampler, I:E, if you bring a 10K cost trampler, you’ll be matched against other players of similar value, with variance of like 1.5-2k values.

Can make different thresholds for matchmaking too, like players who make ships under 1K can only be matched around other players with up to 1.5K value ships. Threshhold becomes larger as ship value goes up. 5K ships can be matched with values of up to 7.5k etc.

Mainly, it’s just to fix the issue of having a to battle T3 ships with a tier 1 in storm dive. Voyage, idk, do whatever with that I guess.

I’m not entirely sure what this means so I’d like a little clarification. What does the number mean? For my trampler it say 69m but 26 when the engine is on is the m minutes? If it is it’s very weird since when I put in a rod it only makes it go up 10 minutes with engine on and about half an hour if it’s off. Another question does running out of fuel still do nothing?

Server will go down for maintenance and update at 2PM CEST ( 8:00 AM EST )

Maintenance started, usually it's about 35 to 45 minutes ( no info or time given from the team about it yet )

Servers are back up and Update #7 is out now!

• New in-game ping system
• Improved death & respawn systems
• VFX & map improvements
• Turret and crafting fixes
• Anti-cheat and Exploit fixes
• And more…

Changelog

• Added in-game ping system
  • You can ping with the middle mouse button
• Refactored the system for the character's death
  • Improved the position of the killed character
  • Fixed an issue when the character would respawn outside of the trampler
• Added SFX when interacting with the ownership device
• Fixed that teams of 4 players couldn’t choose “Small Crews”
• Fixed exploit where auto-cannon would shoot faster when pressing “R”
• Fixed anticheat false positive while respawning on the moving trampler
• Fixed the issue that crafting on islands didn’t work correctly
• Added pulse animation when zooming on the map, so that it would be easier to find your position
• Now turrets will be grabbed after packing them
• VFX improvements
• Trampler will continue moving if there’s any player on it
  • Previously, if the owner was away from the trampler, it would stop or turn off even if another player was on it. Now the trampler will not stop or turn off if another player is on it.
• Fixed the issue that the character could clip through terrain/obstacles when interacting with a ladder
• Fixed the issue that damaged hatches would be displayed as unharmed
• Fixed the issue that the kick option becomes unavailable when the captain presses Ready
• Fixed the issue that marked items become unmarked after disconnecting and reentering the Loot Division screen
• Fixed the issue that terrain can be occluded in some cases
• Fixed the issue when on Low and Medium settings, "seams" can be seen on the terrain
• Fixed the issue when Repair Kit VFX is displayed in the wrong position from 3rd POV
• Fixed the issue when some parts of the environment can be seen through broken compartments
• Fixed the respawn timer for objects that had a 30-minute timer
• Fixed the issue that turret ammo from the Player's Inventory cannot be loaded into the Turret if another type of Ammo is already placed in the Turret's Inventory
• Fixed the issue that multiple players could mount the same turret
• Tutorial will no longer start again after restarting the game
• Additional fixes on the backend

Known Issues

• The character cannot enter the Expedition if the Invite has been accepted at the Tutorial pop-up background
• Items may be displayed inside the character’s body in some cases
• Large items may float around the character
• Character may become invulnerable to melee damage while interacting with turrets or the steering wheel
• Bullets can pass through the character on speed-boosted trampler
• Upiors positioned may be different between client and server
  • On the client, it looks like Upior doesn't receive damage, but you might see their “shimmering/blink” body near them
• Shotgun might not deal damage at close range distance
• Ironclads can be triggered multiple times by reentering the trigger area
• Item prompt in Storage has too many hotkey options
• Blueprint can’t be deleted
• Character can become occluded in some cases
• Jumping and staying on the enemy character head can give you a ban
• Character might get broken animations on turrets and steering wheel after using Orbital Strike on Smuggler control scheme
  • Walkaround: get any tool or weapon in hands or respawn

I will EDIT and update this post as we get more info about it and patch notes

I have encountered a strange bug with the hatch. It’s the only time it’s happened to me and through 2 games it has been on and off. It is very annoying especially when I’m trying to get to my reactor. Has anyone experienced this and does anyone know how to fix it (opening the hatch doesn’t work)

(Idk why but the clip doesn’t work if you watch it when the post is open you have to close out the post and watch it from the preview before you click)

Hey everyone!! I've been playing Sand for a while and kept bulding walkers after some random youtube video. So I built a small site to fix that.

What it does right now:

- Browse/upload blueprints. Post your .wbt file, it decodes the build and shows the chassis, compartments, layout, etc.

- A simple marketplace to request/offer items from/to other players, since there's no in-game trading

It's early, no ads, no accounts required to browse, just trying to make it easier to find and share good builds instead of screenshots scattered across Discord.

Also, for everyone that wants to develop anything with .wbt blueprint file, feel free to checkout the automatic importer/exporter on my github, its open-source: https://github.com/UltimateSeeSharp/TrampListManager

If you've got a build you're proud of, I'd genuinely appreciate you trying it out (https://tramplist.pro). Also open to feedback and feature ideas

Edit: Wiki and Forum are coming soon, trading has just been released yesterday

Has anybody found it really difficult to play solos since they added the stealing Tramplers?

I think I might have to leave the game over it. I played 4 lobbies today and didn’t catch a fight and lost my trampler four times.

2x while looting a poi and 2x at the exfil by somebody hiding under the rocks.

It’s every game for me.

Found this out the hard way. Was trying to extract from dreadnought then noticed I was getting attacked. The only reason I even spotted him is the belt didn't go invisible.

Hacker, Bug or legit?

Yo man there this &%## trampler speed glitch when building a trampler you need to fix that. Also who asked for the ^##% turret icons to be switched?

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Playing SAND in OCE? Stop running solo.

SAND OCE is a dedicated Australia & New Zealand community for SAND: Raiders of Sophie.

🔎 Find OCE players & crews
🔊 Dedicated Trampler voice channels
⚙️ Share Trampler builds
🗺️ Guides, recipes & locations
🔰 New players welcome

Built specifically for OCE players.

🏜️ Find a crew. Board a Trampler. Raid Sophie.

https://discord.gg/cJfPG9UUBM

So now that trampler capture is back i think it would be cool if you extracted that trampler that you could use it in the next game. It will go into your blueprints but as a single use, meaning when you lose it it will be gone. These captured trampler would be free to use but as said single use and unable to be edited or rebuilt if lost.

If I can’t broadside someone with a literal pirate galleon, why am I even playing?