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How to Make Babel Fish in Infinite Craft

Babel Fish is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 24 combinations to get there, and the final one is Lightning Rod plus Translation. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Lightning RodTranslationBabel Fish

Marathon24 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 335 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 24 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2EarthFireLava
  3. 3LavaWaterStone
  4. 4LakeStoneLighthouse
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6SteamWindCloud
  7. 7CloudFireLightning
  8. 8LighthouseLightningLightning Rod
  9. 9WindWindTornado
  10. 10TornadoWaterTsunami
  11. 11EarthTsunamiIsland
  12. 12EarthIslandContinent
  13. 13ContinentLakeAmerica
  14. 14LavaStoneObsidian
  15. 15AmericaObsidianObama
  16. 16AmericaObamaChange
  17. 17WaterWindWave
  18. 18EarthWaveSand
  19. 19SandWaterBeach
  20. 20FireSandGlass
  21. 21EarthGlassBottle
  22. 22BeachBottleMessage
  23. 23ChangeMessageTranslation
  24. 24Lightning RodTranslationBabel Fish
Crafting tree
1Water + Water→ Lake2Earth + Fire→ Lava3Lava + Water→ Stone4Lake + Stone→ Lighthouse5Fire + Water→ Steam6Steam + Wind→ Cloud7Cloud + Fire→ Lightning8Lighthouse + Lightning→ Lightning Rod9Wind + Wind→ Tornado10Tornado + Water→ Tsunami11Earth + Tsunami→ Island12Earth + Island→ Continent13Continent + Lake→ America14Lava + Stone→ Obsidian15America + Obsidian→ Obama16America + Obama→ Change17Water + Wind→ Wave18Earth + Wave→ Sand19Sand + Water→ Beach20Fire + Sand→ Glass21Earth + Glass→ Bottle22Beach + Bottle→ Message23Change + Message→ Translation24Lightning Rod + Translation→ Babel Fish

Other ways to make Babel Fish

5 combinations are known to produce Babel Fish. Here are 5 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Babel Fish
FirstSecondResult
BabelToad in the holeBabel Fish
BabelToad in the HoleBabel Fish
Lightning RodTranslationBabel Fish
BabelToad In The HoleBabel Fish
AnagramBeluga LoungeBabel Fish

Babel Fish at a glance

Steps to craft
24
Marathon
Crafting depth
33
longer than 90% of solved elements
Known recipes
5
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 24 steps

Similar effort to Babel Fish, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Babel Fish in Infinite Craft?

Combine Lightning Rod with Translation. The full path from the base elements takes 24 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Babel Fish?

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

Is Babel Fish hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 24 steps it is longer than 90% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Babel Fish?

Yes. 5 combinations are known to produce Babel Fish, 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.