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How to Make Cactus Crab in Infinite Craft

Cactus Crab sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 12 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Cactus plus Crabster.

The final combination

CactusCrabsterCactus Crab

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 165 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 12 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2WaterWindWave
  3. 3EarthWaveSand
  4. 4PlantSandCactus
  5. 5EarthWindDust
  6. 6DustWindSandstorm
  7. 7EarthSandstormDune
  8. 8PlantWaveSeaweed
  9. 9DuneSeaweedCrab
  10. 10CrabWaterLobster
  11. 11CrabLobsterCrabster
  12. 12CactusCrabsterCactus Crab
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Water + Wind→ Wave3Earth + Wave→ Sand4Plant + Sand→ Cactus5Earth + Wind→ Dust6Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm7Earth + Sandstorm→ Dune8Plant + Wave→ Seaweed9Dune + Seaweed→ Crab10Crab + Water→ Lobster11Crab + Lobster→ Crabster12Cactus + Crabster→ Cactus Crab

Other ways to make Cactus Crab

5 combinations are known to produce Cactus Crab. Here are 5 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Cactus Crab
FirstSecondResult
CactusCoconut CrabCactus Crab
CactusChili CrabCactus Crab
CactusCrab CakeCactus Crab
CactusCrabsterCactus Crab
Cactus DragonCrabCactus Crab

Cactus Crab at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
16
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
5
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cactus Crab in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cactus with Crabster. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cactus Crab?

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

Is Cactus Crab hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 12 steps it is longer than 58% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Cactus Crab?

Yes. 5 combinations are known to produce Cactus Crab, 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.