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How to Make Captive in Infinite Craft

Captive is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 41 combinations to get there, and the final one is Capture plus Not. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CaptureNotCaptive

Marathon41 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 59

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 41 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4PlantWindDandelion
  5. 5DandelionWaterWine
  6. 6SandWineSandwich
  7. 7EarthWindDust
  8. 8DustFireAsh
  9. 9AshPlantTobacco
  10. 10SandwichTobaccoCuban
  11. 11CubanDandelionChe Guevara
  12. 12WindWindTornado
  13. 13TornadoWaterTsunami
  14. 14EarthTsunamiIsland
  15. 15IslandTsunamiAtlantis
  16. 16EarthPlantTree
  17. 17AshTreePencil
  18. 18DustPencilEraser
  19. 19AtlantisEraserRapture
  20. 20Che GuevaraRaptureCheapture
  21. 21EarthFireLava
  22. 22LavaWaterStone
  23. 23PlantStoneFossil
  24. 24FireFossilDinosaur
  25. 25DustWindSandstorm
  26. 26DustTreeWood
  27. 27SandstormWoodSandal
  28. 28DinosaurSandalThesaurus
  29. 29CheaptureThesaurusCapture
  30. 30EarthIslandContinent
  31. 31FireWaterSteam
  32. 32SteamWaveSurf
  33. 33ContinentSurfAustralia
  34. 34EarthEarthMountain
  35. 35MountainWindAvalanche
  36. 36AvalancheWindSnow
  37. 37AustraliaSnowNo
  38. 38WaterWaterLake
  39. 39LakeWaterOcean
  40. 40NoOceanNot
  41. 41CaptureNotCaptive
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Earth + Water→ Plant4Plant + Wind→ Dandelion5Dandelion + Water→ Wine6Sand + Wine→ Sandwich7Earth + Wind→ Dust8Dust + Fire→ Ash9Ash + Plant→ Tobacco10Sandwich + Tobacco→ Cuban11Cuban + Dandelion→ Che Guevara12Wind + Wind→ Tornado13Tornado + Water→ Tsunami14Earth + Tsunami→ Island15Island + Tsunami→ Atlantis16Earth + Plant→ Tree17Ash + Tree→ Pencil18Dust + Pencil→ Eraser19Atlantis + Eraser→ Rapture20Che Guevara + Rapture→ Cheapture21Earth + Fire→ Lava22Lava + Water→ Stone23Plant + Stone→ Fossil24Fire + Fossil→ Dinosaur25Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm26Dust + Tree→ Wood27Sandstorm + Wood→ Sandal28Dinosaur + Sandal→ Thesaurus29Cheapture + Thesaurus→ Capture30Earth + Island→ Continent31Fire + Water→ Steam32Steam + Wave→ Surf33Continent + Surf→ Australia34Earth + Earth→ Mountain35Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche36Avalanche + Wind→ Snow37Australia + Snow→ No38Water + Water→ Lake39Lake + Water→ Ocean40No + Ocean→ Not41Capture + Not→ Captive

Captive at a glance

Steps to craft
41
Marathon
Crafting depth
59
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 41 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Captive in Infinite Craft?

Combine Capture with Not. The full path from the base elements takes 41 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Captive?

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

Is Captive hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 41 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Captive?

Only one known combination produces Captive.

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