The official Steam page lists Workshop support and describes Sandustry as a game built with modding in mind. At the same time, many players use the word "mods" to mean shared layouts, blueprint ideas, or custom challenge setups. This page keeps those categories separate.
Workshop content, shared layouts, and rule-bending shortcuts are three different things that all get called "mods." Separate them and each path is easier to follow.
This is the classic meaning: player-made additions or rule changes distributed through a platform such as Steam Workshop. The clearest early example is SandTogether, the community co-op mod.
Many players really want a good layout to copy or study. That is useful, but it is not the same thing as a code-level mod.
Cheats, trainers, and save edits change how the game behaves rather than adding content, so they need a different page from Workshop mods.
If you are really trying to skip the grind or test layouts quickly, the cheats page covers that path instead of treating it as Workshop support.
The most important job of this cluster is to route players by intent rather than force one answer, which avoids misleading them and keeps keyword coverage complete.