Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks to Get Started

This is a beginner's guide for Sand Land. Learn 11 valuable tips and tricks before you start Sand Land!

Beginner Tips for Sand Land

Beginner Tips
1. Learn Beelzebub's Combos 2. Heal by Drinking Water 3. Do Side Quests 4. Lock on to Enemies 5. Learn Your Vehicles 6. Use Items During Combat 7. Dodging is Important 8. Hoard Materials 9. Learn Thief Skills Early 10. Pass Time by Resting at Campfires 11. Big Chests Contain Vehicle Parts

Learn Beelzebub's Combos

There are plenty of situations in the game where Beelzebub needs to use hand-to-hand combat, and won't be able to use any Vehicles or Ally Skills.

These are usually boss fights, and since you'll almost always be fighting with vehicles, it's easy to get caught off guard and simply button mash. To avoid this, it's a good idea to practice a few combos in advance so you have a fallback when you're thrown into a sudden bout of fisticuffs.

Beelzebub Best Combos

Heal by Drinking Water

Outside of combat, you can recover your health by drinking water! Drink water by pressing the bottom directional pad or the G button. Refill both your health and water bottle by visiting a water supply point!

Beelzebub's water bottle also serves as a second health bar. Upon getting downed, Beelzebub will drink the remaining water in his bottle to revive himself. Always remember to keep hydrated!
How to Heal

Do Side Quests

As soon as you reach Spino, the netizens will have requests only you can do! You can find side quests by looking at gold question marks on the map and overworld. The netizens will reward you when you complete side quests and help people.

Apart from Zeni and EXP, helping the people of Sand Land will result in better living conditions and growth for the settlement, evidenced by new inhabitants and infrastructures. In turn, doing side quests unlocks more opportunities, NPCs, and quests for you to do!

All Spino Town Upgrades and How to Unlock

Lock on to Enemies

To make hand-to-hand combat more reliable, lock on to enemies by pressing the Right Stick or the E button! However, you cannot lock on to enemies while driving vehicles!
How to Lock on to Enemies

Learn Your Vehicles

For most of the game, Beelzebub will mount different kinds of vehicles. Knowing how to maneuver and customize them is paramount to success in the Sand Lands, so test and personalize each one to find a vehicle that best suits each situation!

List of Vehicles

Upgrade Consistently

Always upgrade your vehicles and their parts when given the chance. You will come across an abundance of materials, and when upgraded, most parts scale later in the game!

It is recommended to upgrade the vehicles and chip slots before the parts to increase the customizability of the vehicle.

Use Items During Combat

During combat, there will be hiccups that will put you at a disadvantage. Look to turn the tides of favor by using items. These items range from restoring your health to increasing the damage you deal!

Stock Up on Repair Kits

Vehicular combat is the go-to in Sand Land, so always have Repair Kits on stock while exploring. Enemy vehicles also deal massive damage when they connect with their artillery, giving more reason to bring Repair Kits!

Dodging is Important

While beating your enemies to a pulp is a fun prospect, avoiding being pummeled is the way to go! To dodge, press the L2 or L+Ctrl button. Inputting a direction will change the course of the dodge, so look to take advantage of that!

How to Dodge

Hoard Materials

Materials will be abundant during the whole course of your journey, in turn flooding your inventory. However, do not sell them unless their sole purpose is for profit. You will never know when you need a specific material for an upgrade or quest!
List of All Crafting Materials

Learn Thief Skills Early

Having extra Zeni and materials are the name of the game in Sand Land, and Thief can quickly fill up your inventory! Thief's skills are focused on making gathering efficient as possible, which just makes the game much easier!

Thief Best Skills and Profile Overview

Pass Time by Resting at Campsite

Resting at campsites will pass time to either the morning or night while restoring your health and vehicles. If you need to finish a time-sensitive quest or want to respawn specific enemies, skip the time by resting at a campsite!

Big Chests Contain Vehicle Parts

If you come upon a comically large chest during missions and dungeon raids, it will contain a vehicle part. Finding vehicle parts through these chests will let you avoid crafting for them, saving precious materials and Zeni!
List of All Vehicle Parts

Sand Land Related Guides

Sand Land Complete Guide

Sand Land All Guides

Sand Land Guides
Walkthrough	Side Quests
Vehicles	Vehicle Parts
Maps	Ruins
Trophies	Characters
Crafting Materials	Bounties
News and Game Info	-

Sand Land Tips and Tricks

Collectibles and Unlockables Guides
Blueprint Locations	Lost Property Locations
All Spino Town Upgrades and How to Unlock	-
General Tips and Tricks
Best Settings for PC and Console	List of Controls and How to Change
Beginner's Guide: 11 Tips and Tricks	How to Claim Pre-Order and Demo Bonuses
Money Farming Guide: How to Get Zeni Fast	EXP Farming Guide: How to Level Up Fast
Difficulty Settings: Is There a Difficulty Trophy?	List of Enemy Drops
How Long to Beat?	Best Skills
Best Vehicles	Best Crafting Materials
How to Farm Special Parts	-
Combat and Action Guides
How to Heal and Repair Vehicles	How to Lock on to Enemies
List of All Special Skills: How to Use Special Skills	How to Dodge
How to Break Walls	How to Cross Gaps
Stealth Guide	-
Game Mechanics Guides
Vehicle Customization Explained	Room Customization Explained
What is Attack Interval?	How to Unlock EX Chip Slots
How to Use Nitro	When Do Enemies and Items Respawn?
How to Use Modding Kits	-
Story Events Guides
Negotiate or Pay Up? Junker For Choice	-