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How to Make Captives in Infinite Craft

Captives is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 46 combinations to get there, and the final one is Capture plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CapturePluralCaptives

Marathon46 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 67

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 46 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. 41FireSteamEngine
  42. 42DustEngineVacuum
  43. 43FireVacuumBlack Hole
  44. 44Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  45. 45NotSingularityPlural
  46. 46CapturePluralCaptives
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→ Not41Fire + Steam→ Engine42Dust + Engine→ Vacuum43Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole44Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity45Not + Singularity→ Plural46Capture + Plural→ Captives

Captives at a glance

Steps to craft
46
Marathon
Crafting depth
67
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 46 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Captives in Infinite Craft?

Combine Capture with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 46 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Captives?

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

Is Captives hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 46 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Captives?

Only one known combination produces Captives.

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