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How to Make Bad Debt in Infinite Craft

Bad Debt is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 24 combinations to get there, and the final one is Anagram plus Dead Bird. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

AnagramDead BirdBad Debt

Marathon24 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 362 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthRiverDelta
  7. 7BookDeltaAlphabet
  8. 8AlphabetFireAlphabet Soup
  9. 9FireWindSmoke
  10. 10PlantSmokeIncense
  11. 11WaterWindWave
  12. 12EarthWaveSand
  13. 13IncenseSandSnake
  14. 14Alphabet SoupSnakeAnagram
  15. 15TreeWindLeaf
  16. 16WindWindTornado
  17. 17LeafTornadoTumbleweed
  18. 18SmokeTumbleweedCowboy
  19. 19CowboyWaterDrowned Cowboy
  20. 20Drowned CowboyWaterDead Cowboy
  21. 21PlantWaveSeaweed
  22. 22SeaweedWindKite
  23. 23Dead CowboyKiteDead Bird
  24. 24AnagramDead BirdBad Debt
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + River→ Delta7Book + Delta→ Alphabet8Alphabet + Fire→ Alphabet Soup9Fire + Wind→ Smoke10Plant + Smoke→ Incense11Water + Wind→ Wave12Earth + Wave→ Sand13Incense + Sand→ Snake14Alphabet Soup + Snake→ Anagram15Tree + Wind→ Leaf16Wind + Wind→ Tornado17Leaf + Tornado→ Tumbleweed18Smoke + Tumbleweed→ Cowboy19Cowboy + Water→ Drowned Cowboy20Drowned Cowboy + Water→ Dead Cowboy21Plant + Wave→ Seaweed22Seaweed + Wind→ Kite23Dead Cowboy + Kite→ Dead Bird24Anagram + Dead Bird→ Bad Debt

Other ways to make Bad Debt

2 combinations are known to produce Bad Debt. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Bad Debt
FirstSecondResult
AnagramDead BirdBad Debt
AnagramDead birdBad Debt

Bad Debt at a glance

Steps to craft
24
Marathon
Crafting depth
36
longer than 90% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 24 steps

Similar effort to Bad Debt, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Bad Debt in Infinite Craft?

Combine Anagram with Dead Bird. The full path from the base elements takes 24 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Bad Debt?

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

Is Bad Debt 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 Bad Debt?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Bad Debt, 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.