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How to Make Catastrophic Failure in Infinite Craft

Catastrophic Failure is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 20 combinations to get there, and the final one is Catastrophe plus Failure. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CatastropheFailureCatastrophic Failure

Long20 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 20 combinations in order.

  1. 1WindWindTornado
  2. 2TornadoTornadoHurricane
  3. 3TornadoWaterTsunami
  4. 4HurricaneTsunamiDisaster
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6FireSteamEngine
  7. 7EngineSteamTrain
  8. 8TornadoTrainWreck
  9. 9DisasterWreckCatastrophe
  10. 10EarthWaterPlant
  11. 11EnginePlantCar
  12. 12CarFireCrash
  13. 13EarthPlantTree
  14. 14TreeWaterRiver
  15. 15EarthWindDust
  16. 16DustEngineVacuum
  17. 17RiverVacuumSuck
  18. 18CrashSuckFail
  19. 19FailWaterFailure
  20. 20CatastropheFailureCatastrophic Failure
Crafting tree
1Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado2Tornado + Tornadoโ†’ Hurricane3Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami4Hurricane + Tsunamiโ†’ Disaster5Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam6Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine7Engine + Steamโ†’ Train8Tornado + Trainโ†’ Wreck9Disaster + Wreckโ†’ Catastrophe10Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant11Engine + Plantโ†’ Car12Car + Fireโ†’ Crash13Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree14Tree + Waterโ†’ River15Earth + Windโ†’ Dust16Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum17River + Vacuumโ†’ Suck18Crash + Suckโ†’ Fail19Fail + Waterโ†’ Failure20Catastrophe + Failureโ†’ Catastrophic Failure

Other ways to make Catastrophic Failure

2 combinations are known to produce Catastrophic Failure. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Catastrophic Failure
FirstSecondResult
CatastropheFailureCatastrophic Failure
Catastrophic SuccessOppositeCatastrophic Failure

What you can make with Catastrophic Failure

Catastrophic Failure at a glance

Steps to craft
20
Long
Crafting depth
28
longer than 85% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
9
other combinations

Other elements that take 20 steps

Similar effort to Catastrophic Failure, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Catastrophic Failure in Infinite Craft?

Combine Catastrophe with Failure. The full path from the base elements takes 20 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Catastrophic Failure?

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

Is Catastrophic Failure hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 20 steps it is longer than 85% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Catastrophic Failure?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Catastrophic Failure, 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.