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How to Make Bad Ideas in Infinite Craft

Bad Ideas is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 32 combinations to get there, and the final one is Bad Idea plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Bad IdeaPluralBad Ideas

Marathon32 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 43

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 32 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2PlantWindDandelion
  3. 3FireWaterSteam
  4. 4FireSteamEngine
  5. 5DandelionEngineHelicopter
  6. 6WaterWindWave
  7. 7SteamWaveSurf
  8. 8SurfWindSurfing
  9. 9HelicopterSurfingHelisurfing
  10. 10EarthWaveSand
  11. 11PlantSandCactus
  12. 12DandelionWaterWine
  13. 13CactusWineTequila
  14. 14HelisurfingTequilaBad Idea
  15. 15WindWindTornado
  16. 16TornadoWaterTsunami
  17. 17EarthTsunamiIsland
  18. 18EarthIslandContinent
  19. 19ContinentSurfAustralia
  20. 20EarthEarthMountain
  21. 21MountainWindAvalanche
  22. 22AvalancheWindSnow
  23. 23AustraliaSnowNo
  24. 24WaterWaterLake
  25. 25LakeWaterOcean
  26. 26NoOceanNot
  27. 27EarthWindDust
  28. 28DustEngineVacuum
  29. 29FireVacuumBlack Hole
  30. 30Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  31. 31NotSingularityPlural
  32. 32Bad IdeaPluralBad Ideas
Crafting tree
1Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant2Plant + Windโ†’ Dandelion3Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam4Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine5Dandelion + Engineโ†’ Helicopter6Water + Windโ†’ Wave7Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf8Surf + Windโ†’ Surfing9Helicopter + Surfingโ†’ Helisurfing10Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand11Plant + Sandโ†’ Cactus12Dandelion + Waterโ†’ Wine13Cactus + Wineโ†’ Tequila14Helisurfing + Tequilaโ†’ Bad Idea15Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado16Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami17Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island18Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent19Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia20Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain21Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche22Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow23Australia + Snowโ†’ No24Water + Waterโ†’ Lake25Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean26No + Oceanโ†’ Not27Earth + Windโ†’ Dust28Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum29Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole30Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity31Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural32Bad Idea + Pluralโ†’ Bad Ideas

Bad Ideas at a glance

Steps to craft
32
Marathon
Crafting depth
43
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 32 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Bad Ideas in Infinite Craft?

Combine Bad Idea with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 32 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Bad Ideas?

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

Is Bad Ideas hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 32 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Bad Ideas?

Only one known combination produces Bad Ideas.

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