Sandy Mutation
Sandstorms coat crops in desert dust — Sandy is a humble env tag that desert-biome layouts and drought metas collect passively during dry season.
How to trigger
Sandy procs during Sandstorm and Desert Wind weather when dust clouds sweep plots. Cracked (10×) often accompanies extreme dry spells — Sandy is the lighter coating tier.
Weather tie-in: Sandstorm · Full mutations guide
Stacking rules
Sandy is environmental at 3×. Stacks with Sundried, Cracked, Ember during heat-drought overlap. Conflicts with heavy Wet saturation — rain washes Sandy procs in some patches.
Sandy value impact
Drought stack basics
Sandy (3×) + Sundried (21×) + Cracked (10×): env sum 34, count 3, envBracket = 32 during prolonged drought. Golden (20×) growth on desert-layout crops monetizes dry season between storm chases.
Do not irrigate manually before harvest if chasing Sandy — Wet proc may overwrite dust coating.
Common questions
- Sandy vs Cracked?
- Both stack — Cracked is deeper drought fracture at 10× vs Sandy 3× dust coating.
- Does rain remove Sandy?
- Active Wet weather at harvest can prevent Sandy from appearing — farm Sandy during confirmed dry forecasts.