Guides
Practical, no-fluff guides for SAND: Raiders of Sophie. Mechanics you can trust and loot rankings built on datamined game data — cross-linked to the item database and Drop Finder.
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Beginner Guide
Your first extraction run: what a Trampler is, Voyage vs Storm Dive, how to actually extract loot, and how not to lose it all.
First run → EconomyWhat to Loot & Extract
Which items are worth the space in your green box — ranked by real datamined Crown sell value. Valuables vs resources, explained.
66 priced items → GearWeapon Tier List
Every datamined weapon grouped by in-game rarity tier, with sell values. Honest about what the data does — and doesn't — tell us.
11 weapons →Guidance reflects the Early Access build. Sell values, rarities and item types are datamined and exact; hands-on mechanics are hedged “as of Early Access” where they may shift.