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How to Make Backfires in Infinite Craft

Backfires is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 30 combinations to get there, and the final one is Backfire plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

BackfirePluralBackfires

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 402 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 30 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4EarthPlantTree
  5. 5TreeWaterRiver
  6. 6WaterWaterLake
  7. 7LakeWaterOcean
  8. 8LakeOceanSea
  9. 9PlantSteamTea
  10. 10SeaTeaTease
  11. 11RiverTeasePrank
  12. 12EnginePrankBackfire
  13. 13WindWindTornado
  14. 14TornadoWaterTsunami
  15. 15EarthTsunamiIsland
  16. 16EarthIslandContinent
  17. 17WaterWindWave
  18. 18SteamWaveSurf
  19. 19ContinentSurfAustralia
  20. 20EarthEarthMountain
  21. 21MountainWindAvalanche
  22. 22AvalancheWindSnow
  23. 23AustraliaSnowNo
  24. 24NoOceanNot
  25. 25EarthWindDust
  26. 26DustEngineVacuum
  27. 27FireVacuumBlack Hole
  28. 28Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  29. 29NotSingularityPlural
  30. 30BackfirePluralBackfires
Crafting tree
1Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam2Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine3Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant4Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree5Tree + Waterโ†’ River6Water + Waterโ†’ Lake7Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean8Lake + Oceanโ†’ Sea9Plant + Steamโ†’ Tea10Sea + Teaโ†’ Tease11River + Teaseโ†’ Prank12Engine + Prankโ†’ Backfire13Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado14Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami15Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island16Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent17Water + Windโ†’ Wave18Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf19Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia20Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain21Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche22Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow23Australia + Snowโ†’ No24No + Oceanโ†’ Not25Earth + Windโ†’ Dust26Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum27Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole28Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity29Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural30Backfire + Pluralโ†’ Backfires

Other ways to make Backfires

2 combinations are known to produce Backfires. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Backfires
FirstSecondResult
BackfirePluralBackfires
BackfixPluralBackfires

Backfires at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
40
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 30 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Backfires in Infinite Craft?

Combine Backfire with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Backfires?

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

Is Backfires hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 30 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Backfires?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Backfires, 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.