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How to Make Cairns in Infinite Craft

Cairns is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 32 combinations to get there, and the final one is Cairn plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CairnPluralCairns

Marathon32 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 42

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 32 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
  15. 15WindWindTornado
  16. 16TornadoWaterTsunami
  17. 17EarthTsunamiIsland
  18. 18EarthIslandContinent
  19. 19SteamWaveSurf
  20. 20ContinentSurfAustralia
  21. 21EarthEarthMountain
  22. 22MountainWindAvalanche
  23. 23AvalancheWindSnow
  24. 24AustraliaSnowNo
  25. 25WaterWaterLake
  26. 26LakeWaterOcean
  27. 27NoOceanNot
  28. 28DustEngineVacuum
  29. 29FireVacuumBlack Hole
  30. 30Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  31. 31NotSingularityPlural
  32. 32CairnPluralCairns
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†’ Cairn15Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado16Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami17Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island18Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent19Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf20Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia21Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain22Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche23Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow24Australia + Snowโ†’ No25Water + Waterโ†’ Lake26Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean27No + Oceanโ†’ Not28Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum29Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole30Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity31Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural32Cairn + Pluralโ†’ Cairns

Cairns at a glance

Steps to craft
32
Marathon
Crafting depth
42
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 32 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cairns in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cairn with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 32 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cairns?

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

Is Cairns hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 32 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Cairns?

Only one known combination produces Cairns.

Path verified against the open recipe graph on . Method described in our methodology, data credited on data sources.