Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make ARK in Infinite Craft

ARK is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 25 combinations to get there, and the final one is Acronym plus Ragnarok. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

AcronymRagnarokARK

Marathon25 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 394 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 25 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthRiverDelta
  7. 7BookDeltaAlphabet
  8. 8EarthEarthMountain
  9. 9EarthWindDust
  10. 10WaterWaterLake
  11. 11LakeMountainFjord
  12. 12DustFjordTroll
  13. 13MountainTrollDwarf
  14. 14DustPlantPollen
  15. 15PollenWaterHoney
  16. 16DustEarthPlanet
  17. 17EarthPlanetMoon
  18. 18HoneyMoonHoneymoon
  19. 19DwarfHoneymoonShort
  20. 20AlphabetShortAcronym
  21. 21FjordMountainNorway
  22. 22FireNorwayViking
  23. 23FireFireVolcano
  24. 24VikingVolcanoRagnarok
  25. 25AcronymRagnarokARK
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + River→ Delta7Book + Delta→ Alphabet8Earth + Earth→ Mountain9Earth + Wind→ Dust10Water + Water→ Lake11Lake + Mountain→ Fjord12Dust + Fjord→ Troll13Mountain + Troll→ Dwarf14Dust + Plant→ Pollen15Pollen + Water→ Honey16Dust + Earth→ Planet17Earth + Planet→ Moon18Honey + Moon→ Honeymoon19Dwarf + Honeymoon→ Short20Alphabet + Short→ Acronym21Fjord + Mountain→ Norway22Fire + Norway→ Viking23Fire + Fire→ Volcano24Viking + Volcano→ Ragnarok25Acronym + Ragnarok→ ARK

Other ways to make ARK

4 combinations are known to produce ARK. Here are 4 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce ARK
FirstSecondResult
AcronymRagnarokARK
AcronymRice Krispie TreatARK
AcronymRocket LeagueARK
AcronymRocky SharkARK

What you can make with ARK

ARK at a glance

Steps to craft
25
Marathon
Crafting depth
39
longer than 91% of solved elements
Known recipes
4
ways to make it
Used in
9
other combinations

Other elements that take 25 steps

Similar effort to ARK, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make ARK in Infinite Craft?

Combine Acronym with Ragnarok. The full path from the base elements takes 25 steps.

How many steps does it take to make ARK?

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

Is ARK hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 25 steps it is longer than 91% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make ARK?

Yes. 4 combinations are known to produce ARK, 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.