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How to Make Blacks in Infinite Craft

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

The final combination

BlackPluralBlacks

Marathon27 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 342 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1EarthFireLava
  2. 2LavaWaterStone
  3. 3LavaStoneObsidian
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5WindWindTornado
  6. 6TornadoWaterTsunami
  7. 7SteamTsunamiTitanic
  8. 8ObsidianTitanicBlack
  9. 9EarthTsunamiIsland
  10. 10EarthIslandContinent
  11. 11WaterWindWave
  12. 12SteamWaveSurf
  13. 13ContinentSurfAustralia
  14. 14EarthEarthMountain
  15. 15MountainWindAvalanche
  16. 16AvalancheWindSnow
  17. 17AustraliaSnowNo
  18. 18WaterWaterLake
  19. 19LakeWaterOcean
  20. 20NoOceanNot
  21. 21EarthWindDust
  22. 22FireSteamEngine
  23. 23DustEngineVacuum
  24. 24FireVacuumBlack Hole
  25. 25Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  26. 26NotSingularityPlural
  27. 27BlackPluralBlacks
Crafting tree
1Earth + Fireโ†’ Lava2Lava + Waterโ†’ Stone3Lava + Stoneโ†’ Obsidian4Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam5Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado6Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami7Steam + Tsunamiโ†’ Titanic8Obsidian + Titanicโ†’ Black9Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island10Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent11Water + Windโ†’ Wave12Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf13Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia14Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain15Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche16Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow17Australia + Snowโ†’ No18Water + Waterโ†’ Lake19Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean20No + Oceanโ†’ Not21Earth + Windโ†’ Dust22Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine23Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum24Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole25Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity26Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural27Black + Pluralโ†’ Blacks

Other ways to make Blacks

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

Alternative combinations that produce Blacks
FirstSecondResult
BlackPluralBlacks
Black SubPluralBlacks

What you can make with Blacks

Blacks at a glance

Steps to craft
27
Marathon
Crafting depth
34
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
2
other combinations

Other elements that take 27 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Blacks in Infinite Craft?

Combine Black with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 27 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Blacks?

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

Is Blacks 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 Blacks?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Blacks, 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.