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How do I move around Sandustry faster, and how does fast travel work?

Two tools, two different problems. One makes crossing your own factory quick; the other makes going back to it free.

Quick answer

The Grappling Hook is unlocked through the Conservatory, and once it is unlocked in the tech tree you fire it with G without deselecting whatever you are holding — the wiki gives placing hauler drones over long distances as the example. The Recall Shard is separate: the first use places a Recall Portal, and after that using the shard anywhere teleports you back to that portal, consuming Voidbloom stacked directly above the portal's base.

Steps

  1. Catch critters with the Corraller. The Corraller page states each capture pays a conservatory ticket, and the Grappling Hook page states the hook is unlocked through the Conservatory.
  2. Unlock the Grappling Hook in the tech tree. The wiki states the G shortcut works once it is unlocked there.
  3. Press G rather than selecting the hook from the hotbar. The documented benefit is that your held item stays held.
  4. For fast travel, use the Recall Shard once where you want to come back to. That first use places the Recall Portal.
  5. Stack Voidbloom directly above the portal's base. The wiki states the teleport consumes Voidbloom stacked there.
  6. Use the shard again from anywhere to return to the portal.

Requirements / limits

  • The Grappling Hook's unlock is stated as running through the Conservatory, which ties movement progress to catching critters rather than to ore throughput.
  • The Recall Shard's teleport has a running cost. Voidbloom stacked above the portal base is consumed, so an unstocked portal is a portal you cannot reach.
  • The wiki's Grappling Hook page has empty Mechanics, Upgrades and Bugs sections, and the Recall Shard page has empty Mechanics, Upgrades, Tips and Bugs sections. Both tools have documented upgrades that nobody has written up.
  • No published source gives a grapple range, a Voidbloom cost per teleport, or a limit on how many Recall Portals can exist.

Common mistakes

  • Selecting the Grappling Hook from the hotbar every time. G fires it in place and keeps your current item.
  • Placing a Recall Portal and never stocking it. Without Voidbloom above the base there is nothing for the teleport to consume.
  • Expecting the Recall Shard to be a two-way link. The documented behaviour is one portal and a return trip to it.
  • Hunting the tech tree for the Grappling Hook before touching the Conservatory.

Still unverified

  • How much Voidbloom does one teleport consume?Not verifiedThe Recall Shard page states Voidbloom is consumed and gives no quantity.
  • Can more than one Recall Portal exist at a time?Not verifiedThe page describes the portal in the singular and does not say whether a second use elsewhere moves it or adds one.
  • What do the Grappling Hook and Recall Shard upgrades do?Not verifiedBoth wiki pages have an Upgrades heading with no content under it. The headings prove upgrades exist; they publish nothing about them.