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How to Make Bad Thing in Infinite Craft

Bad Thing is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 27 combinations to get there, and the final one is Good Thing plus Opposite. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Good ThingOppositeBad Thing

Marathon27 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 403 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 27 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthEarthMountain
  2. 2WaterWindWave
  3. 3EarthWaveSand
  4. 4MountainSandPyramid
  5. 5PyramidWaterTomb
  6. 6TombWaterMoses
  7. 7MosesWaterParting
  8. 8PartingWaveGoodbye
  9. 9EarthWaterPlant
  10. 10PlantWaterSwamp
  11. 11PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  12. 12SwampVenus FlytrapSwamp Thing
  13. 13MountainSwamp ThingMountain Thing
  14. 14Mountain ThingSwamp ThingThing Thing
  15. 15EarthThing ThingThing
  16. 16GoodbyeThingGood Thing
  17. 17PlantWindDandelion
  18. 18DandelionWaterWine
  19. 19WindWineBalloon
  20. 20EarthWindDust
  21. 21BalloonDustDust Bunny
  22. 22FireSwampDragon
  23. 23DustFireAsh
  24. 24AshFirePhoenix
  25. 25DragonPhoenixYin Yang
  26. 26Dust BunnyYin YangOpposite
  27. 27Good ThingOppositeBad Thing
Crafting tree
1Earth + Earth→ Mountain2Water + Wind→ Wave3Earth + Wave→ Sand4Mountain + Sand→ Pyramid5Pyramid + Water→ Tomb6Tomb + Water→ Moses7Moses + Water→ Parting8Parting + Wave→ Goodbye9Earth + Water→ Plant10Plant + Water→ Swamp11Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap12Swamp + Venus Flytrap→ Swamp Thing13Mountain + Swamp Thing→ Mountain Thing14Mountain Thing + Swamp Thing→ Thing Thing15Earth + Thing Thing→ Thing16Goodbye + Thing→ Good Thing17Plant + Wind→ Dandelion18Dandelion + Water→ Wine19Wind + Wine→ Balloon20Earth + Wind→ Dust21Balloon + Dust→ Dust Bunny22Fire + Swamp→ Dragon23Dust + Fire→ Ash24Ash + Fire→ Phoenix25Dragon + Phoenix→ Yin Yang26Dust Bunny + Yin Yang→ Opposite27Good Thing + Opposite→ Bad Thing

Other ways to make Bad Thing

3 combinations are known to produce Bad Thing. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Bad Thing
FirstSecondResult
Good ThingOppositeBad Thing
Good ThingSatanelliteBad Thing
Good ThingSaltcannonBad Thing

Bad Thing at a glance

Steps to craft
27
Marathon
Crafting depth
40
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 27 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Bad Thing in Infinite Craft?

Combine Good Thing with Opposite. The full path from the base elements takes 27 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Bad Thing?

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

Is Bad Thing hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 27 steps it is longer than 93% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Bad Thing?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Bad Thing, 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.