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How to Make A Great Shade in Infinite Craft

A Great Shade is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 27 combinations to get there, and the final one is A Great Night plus Shade. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

A Great NightShadeA Great Shade

Marathon27 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 342 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 27 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2EarthEarthMountain
  3. 3LakeMountainFjord
  4. 4FjordMountainNorway
  5. 5EarthWaterPlant
  6. 6PlantWindDandelion
  7. 7DandelionWaterWine
  8. 8NorwayWineAquavit
  9. 9FireWaterSteam
  10. 10FireSteamEngine
  11. 11FireWindSmoke
  12. 12SmokeWaterFog
  13. 13FogPlantMushroom
  14. 14EarthWindDust
  15. 15DustEarthPlanet
  16. 16MushroomPlanetMario
  17. 17EngineMarioMario Kart
  18. 18Mario KartWindMario Kart 8
  19. 19AquavitMario Kart 8A Great Night
  20. 20DandelionWindSeed
  21. 21LakeWaterOcean
  22. 22OceanWaterFish
  23. 23EarthFishWhale
  24. 24SeedWhaleJonah
  25. 25EarthPlantTree
  26. 26JonahTreeShade
  27. 27A Great NightShadeA Great Shade
Crafting tree
1Water + Waterโ†’ Lake2Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain3Lake + Mountainโ†’ Fjord4Fjord + Mountainโ†’ Norway5Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant6Plant + Windโ†’ Dandelion7Dandelion + Waterโ†’ Wine8Norway + Wineโ†’ Aquavit9Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam10Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine11Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke12Smoke + Waterโ†’ Fog13Fog + Plantโ†’ Mushroom14Earth + Windโ†’ Dust15Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet16Mushroom + Planetโ†’ Mario17Engine + Marioโ†’ Mario Kart18Mario Kart + Windโ†’ Mario Kart 819Aquavit + Mario Kart 8โ†’ A Great Night20Dandelion + Windโ†’ Seed21Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean22Ocean + Waterโ†’ Fish23Earth + Fishโ†’ Whale24Seed + Whaleโ†’ Jonah25Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree26Jonah + Treeโ†’ Shade27A Great Night + Shadeโ†’ A Great Shade

Other ways to make A Great Shade

2 combinations are known to produce A Great Shade. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce A Great Shade
FirstSecondResult
A great nightShadeA Great Shade
A Great NightShadeA Great Shade

A Great Shade at a glance

Steps to craft
27
Marathon
Crafting depth
34
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 27 steps

Similar effort to A Great Shade, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make A Great Shade in Infinite Craft?

Combine A Great Night with Shade. The full path from the base elements takes 27 steps.

How many steps does it take to make A Great Shade?

27 steps on the shortest known path from Water, Fire, Wind and Earth.

Is A Great Shade hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 27 steps it is longer than 93% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make A Great Shade?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce A Great Shade, and the shortest route is shown above.

Path verified against the open recipe graph on . Method described in our methodology, data credited on data sources.