Guides ✦

4 guides — search, or filter by guide category.

Featured Tutorials

Getting Started Beginner Featured

Open the Mod Manager, type the exact filename, press Enter and refresh. No download or installer is needed for mods listed here.

Best Picks Editorial Featured

A shortlist drawn only from the verified directory — survival, chemistry, building, nature and fantasy picks, with who each one suits.

Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Featured

Filename typos, case sensitivity, conflicts, browser issues and outdated mods — checked in order, with what to try next.

Getting Started Beginner Featured

Your first hour in Sandboxels: water, sand, fire and wood, the controls worth learning early, and when to try your first mod.

Mod Guides Beginner

How the survival loop works, in the source listing's own terms, and how to get started without spoiling every discovery.

Mod Guides Intermediate

Use chem.js and NoUser's Things well, test one element at a time, and understand liquid mixing before you build a scene.

Mod Guides Intermediate

Weapons and classic explosives as sandbox tools: test on a copy, save first, and learn how classic explosives differ.

Mod Guides Beginner

Start with air, dirt, fire and water, unlock the rest by reacting them, and keep a notebook of what worked — and what did not.