Stratacore, Stratocore, or Earth Stratocore?
The official achievement is named Stratacore Secured and describes neutralizing a Strataform event. The official Wiki lists Earth Stratocore under Stratocores, but the detailed Earth Stratocore article is currently unfinished. Community posts use both Stratacore and Stratocore, so this page keeps the common search spelling in the URL and the official Wiki spelling in the explanation.
What is officially confirmed
Stratacore is a real late-game objective and achievement in the Early Access build.The objective is tied to neutralizing a Strataform event.The official Wiki lists Earth Stratocore as a Stratacore entry.The Void Gun uses Void Juice, and the Digger Drone is an official researchable tool.The exact event threshold and full reward behavior are not documented in the current official Wiki. Avoid treating a fixed Energy threshold as universal until the developer documents it or the current build confirms it.
How to find and secure it
1Follow the active objective and its minimap marker instead of searching the whole map at random.
2When the Strataform event is found, keep an approach open to the active core and use a tool that can damage it in your current build.
3Confirm the objective completion message before leaving the event area.
4Open the toolbox after completion and look for the separate cores tab. Multiple community reports say the secured core is placed there rather than left on the map.
How to place the secured core
Place the core in a contained area with room for its output and a clear route toward your Sand-to-Wet-Sand production line. Do not drop it into the middle of a working factory before deciding where the new Sand should go.
If the core seems to have disappeared, check the toolbox's cores tab first. This is the most common confusion reported by players after securing it.
Renewable Sand methods reported by players
Community testing points to two practical approaches:
Digger Drones: a slower, hands-off way to keep extracting from a placed core. Use this when you want passive output and can tolerate a lower rate.Void Gun: a faster active method. The Void Gun must be charged with Void Juice, and players consistently report much larger bursts of Sand than the drone-only setup.These yield comparisons are community observations, not official rate tables. Keep an output buffer or collection route nearby, and watch the water and Void Juice supply when using the Void Gun repeatedly.
Stratacore troubleshooting
I secured it but cannot find it: open the toolbox and look for the dedicated cores tab.The placed core gives little Sand: compare Digger Drone output with a charged Void Gun burst; community reports describe the drones as slow.The Void Gun will not fire: make more Void Juice using the confirmed Void Petal plus Moonhop vertical recipe.The event is not where a guide says it should be: follow the current objective marker; exact map positions and progression thresholds can change between Early Access builds.Sources and evidence levels
Official achievement: https://steamcommunity.com/stats/2764460/achievements/?l=englishOfficial Wiki index: https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Sandustry/Sandustry_Official_WikiOfficial Void Gun entry: https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Sandustry/Void_GunOfficial Research entry: https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Sandustry/ResearchToolbox location discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/SandustryGame/comments/1vrc03c/where_did_the_stratcore_go/Setup and yield discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/SandustryGame/comments/1vs1k1ni/stratcore_setup/Community farming discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/SandustryGame/comments/1vs2i0m/stratcore_perpetual_torment_and_farming_device/