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How to Make Cairn in Infinite Craft

Cairn is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 14 combinations to get there, and the final one is Boulder plus Flip-Flops. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

BoulderFlip-FlopsCairn

Long14 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 184 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 14 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthFireLava
  2. 2LavaWaterStone
  3. 3StoneStoneBoulder
  4. 4EarthWindDust
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6FireSteamEngine
  7. 7DustEarthPlanet
  8. 8EnginePlanetSaturn
  9. 9DustSaturnRings
  10. 10WaterWindWave
  11. 11EarthWaveSand
  12. 12RingsSandSandals
  13. 13FireSandalsFlip-Flops
  14. 14BoulderFlip-FlopsCairn
Crafting tree
1Earth + Fireโ†’ Lava2Lava + Waterโ†’ Stone3Stone + Stoneโ†’ Boulder4Earth + Windโ†’ Dust5Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam6Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine7Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet8Engine + Planetโ†’ Saturn9Dust + Saturnโ†’ Rings10Water + Windโ†’ Wave11Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand12Rings + Sandโ†’ Sandals13Fire + Sandalsโ†’ Flip-Flops14Boulder + Flip-Flopsโ†’ Cairn

Other ways to make Cairn

4 combinations are known to produce Cairn. Here are 4 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Cairn
FirstSecondResult
BoulderFlip-FlopsCairn
BoulderFlip-flopsCairn
Mountain SunsetStackCairn
MarkMoundCairn

What you can make with Cairn

Cairn at a glance

Steps to craft
14
Long
Crafting depth
18
longer than 73% of solved elements
Known recipes
4
ways to make it
Used in
5
other combinations

Other elements that take 14 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cairn in Infinite Craft?

Combine Boulder with Flip-Flops. The full path from the base elements takes 14 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cairn?

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

Is Cairn hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 14 steps it is longer than 73% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Cairn?

Yes. 4 combinations are known to produce Cairn, 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.