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How to Make Against the Grain in Infinite Craft

Against the Grain is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 54 combinations to get there, and the final one is Againwhat plus Surfweeds. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

AgainwhatSurfweedsAgainst the Grain

Marathon54 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 83

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 54 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2EarthSteamMud
  3. 3WindWindTornado
  4. 4TornadoTornadoHurricane
  5. 5HurricaneSteamSteamboat
  6. 6MudSteamboatMississippi
  7. 7TornadoWaterTsunami
  8. 8MississippiTsunamiMistake
  9. 9FireSteamEngine
  10. 10EngineWindWindmill
  11. 11MudWindmillPig
  12. 12PigWindFlying Pig
  13. 13FireWindSmoke
  14. 14SmokeWaterFog
  15. 15EarthWaterPlant
  16. 16EarthPlantTree
  17. 17TreeWaterRiver
  18. 18RiverTreePaper
  19. 19EarthPaperMap
  20. 20FogMapLost
  21. 21Flying PigLostNever
  22. 22MistakeNeverAgain
  23. 23WaterWaterLake
  24. 24EarthWindDust
  25. 25DustEarthPlanet
  26. 26EnginePlanetSaturn
  27. 27EarthSaturnTitan
  28. 28EarthTitanAtlas
  29. 29PlantWaterSwamp
  30. 30PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  31. 31SwampVenus FlytrapSwamp Thing
  32. 32AtlasSwamp ThingShrugging Man
  33. 33LakeShrugging ManWhat
  34. 34AgainWhatAgainwhat
  35. 35EarthTsunamiIsland
  36. 36EarthIslandContinent
  37. 37WaterWindWave
  38. 38SteamWaveSurf
  39. 39ContinentSurfAustralia
  40. 40EarthEarthMountain
  41. 41MountainWindAvalanche
  42. 42AvalancheWindSnow
  43. 43AustraliaSnowNo
  44. 44LakeWaterOcean
  45. 45NoOceanNot
  46. 46DustEngineVacuum
  47. 47FireVacuumBlack Hole
  48. 48Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  49. 49NotSingularityPlural
  50. 50PlantWaveSeaweed
  51. 51MudSeaweedMudweed
  52. 52MudweedSurfSurfweed
  53. 53PluralSurfweedSurfweeds
  54. 54AgainwhatSurfweedsAgainst the Grain
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Earth + Steam→ Mud3Wind + Wind→ Tornado4Tornado + Tornado→ Hurricane5Hurricane + Steam→ Steamboat6Mud + Steamboat→ Mississippi7Tornado + Water→ Tsunami8Mississippi + Tsunami→ Mistake9Fire + Steam→ Engine10Engine + Wind→ Windmill11Mud + Windmill→ Pig12Pig + Wind→ Flying Pig13Fire + Wind→ Smoke14Smoke + Water→ Fog15Earth + Water→ Plant16Earth + Plant→ Tree17Tree + Water→ River18River + Tree→ Paper19Earth + Paper→ Map20Fog + Map→ Lost21Flying Pig + Lost→ Never22Mistake + Never→ Again23Water + Water→ Lake24Earth + Wind→ Dust25Dust + Earth→ Planet26Engine + Planet→ Saturn27Earth + Saturn→ Titan28Earth + Titan→ Atlas29Plant + Water→ Swamp30Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap31Swamp + Venus Flytrap→ Swamp Thing32Atlas + Swamp Thing→ Shrugging Man33Lake + Shrugging Man→ What34Again + What→ Againwhat35Earth + Tsunami→ Island36Earth + Island→ Continent37Water + Wind→ Wave38Steam + Wave→ Surf39Continent + Surf→ Australia40Earth + Earth→ Mountain41Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche42Avalanche + Wind→ Snow43Australia + Snow→ No44Lake + Water→ Ocean45No + Ocean→ Not46Dust + Engine→ Vacuum47Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole48Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity49Not + Singularity→ Plural50Plant + Wave→ Seaweed51Mud + Seaweed→ Mudweed52Mudweed + Surf→ Surfweed53Plural + Surfweed→ Surfweeds54Againwhat + Surfweeds→ Against the Grain

Against the Grain at a glance

Steps to craft
54
Marathon
Crafting depth
83
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Against the Grain in Infinite Craft?

Combine Againwhat with Surfweeds. The full path from the base elements takes 54 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Against the Grain?

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

Is Against the Grain hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 54 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Against the Grain?

Only one known combination produces Against the Grain.

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