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How to Make Cactus Nightmare in Infinite Craft

Cactus Nightmare is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 21 combinations to get there, and the final one is Cactus Golem plus Nightmare. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Cactus GolemNightmareCactus Nightmare

Marathon21 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 282 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 21 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2WaterWindWave
  3. 3EarthWaveSand
  4. 4PlantSandCactus
  5. 5EarthFireLava
  6. 6FireWindSmoke
  7. 7LavaWaterStone
  8. 8SmokeStoneStatue
  9. 9EarthStatueGolem
  10. 10EarthWindDust
  11. 11DustWindSandstorm
  12. 12GolemSandstormSand Golem
  13. 13LavaSand GolemRock Golem
  14. 14CactusRock GolemCactus Golem
  15. 15PlantWindDandelion
  16. 16DandelionDustWish
  17. 17WaterWishGenie
  18. 18GenieSandstormSandman
  19. 19DustSandmanSleep
  20. 20FireSleepNightmare
  21. 21Cactus GolemNightmareCactus Nightmare
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Water + Wind→ Wave3Earth + Wave→ Sand4Plant + Sand→ Cactus5Earth + Fire→ Lava6Fire + Wind→ Smoke7Lava + Water→ Stone8Smoke + Stone→ Statue9Earth + Statue→ Golem10Earth + Wind→ Dust11Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm12Golem + Sandstorm→ Sand Golem13Lava + Sand Golem→ Rock Golem14Cactus + Rock Golem→ Cactus Golem15Plant + Wind→ Dandelion16Dandelion + Dust→ Wish17Water + Wish→ Genie18Genie + Sandstorm→ Sandman19Dust + Sandman→ Sleep20Fire + Sleep→ Nightmare21Cactus Golem + Nightmare→ Cactus Nightmare

Other ways to make Cactus Nightmare

2 combinations are known to produce Cactus Nightmare. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Cactus Nightmare
FirstSecondResult
Cactus GolemNightmareCactus Nightmare
Cactus ZombieNightmareCactus Nightmare

Cactus Nightmare at a glance

Steps to craft
21
Marathon
Crafting depth
28
longer than 87% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 21 steps

Similar effort to Cactus Nightmare, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cactus Nightmare in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cactus Golem with Nightmare. The full path from the base elements takes 21 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cactus Nightmare?

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

Is Cactus Nightmare hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 21 steps it is longer than 87% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Cactus Nightmare?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Cactus Nightmare, 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.