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How to Make Caterpillar in Infinite Craft

Caterpillar sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 9 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Butterfly plus Earth.

The final combination

ButterflyEarthCaterpillar

Moderate9 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 11422 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 9 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2PlantWaterSwamp
  3. 3FireSwampDragon
  4. 4EarthWindDust
  5. 5DragonDustDragonfly
  6. 6DragonflyEarthAnt
  7. 7AntPlantAphid
  8. 8AphidWindButterfly
  9. 9ButterflyEarthCaterpillar
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Plant + Water→ Swamp3Fire + Swamp→ Dragon4Earth + Wind→ Dust5Dragon + Dust→ Dragonfly6Dragonfly + Earth→ Ant7Ant + Plant→ Aphid8Aphid + Wind→ Butterfly9Butterfly + Earth→ Caterpillar

Other ways to make Caterpillar

422 combinations are known to produce Caterpillar. Here are 25 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Caterpillar
FirstSecondResult
8ButterCaterpillar
AfricaButterCaterpillar
BugButterCaterpillar
BugHookahCaterpillar
BugIvyCaterpillar
BugLeafCaterpillar
BugMountain TractorCaterpillar
BugPlantCaterpillar
BugStonerCaterpillar
BugSunflowerCaterpillar
ButterMonsterCaterpillar
ButterScientistCaterpillar
ButterflyDivorceCaterpillar
ButterflyEarthCaterpillar
ButterflyFoodCaterpillar
ButterflyLogCaterpillar
ButterflyMothCaterpillar
ButterflyMudCaterpillar
ButterflyOppositeCaterpillar
ButterflyPlantCaterpillar
ButterflyReverseCaterpillar
ButterflySandCaterpillar
ButterflyTreeCaterpillar
Flying DustGrassCaterpillar
MilkweedSandstormCaterpillar

What you can make with Caterpillar

Caterpillar at a glance

Steps to craft
9
Moderate
Crafting depth
11
faster than 74% of solved elements
Known recipes
422
ways to make it
Used in
178
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Caterpillar in Infinite Craft?

Combine Butterfly with Earth. The full path from the base elements takes 9 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Caterpillar?

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

Is Caterpillar hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as moderate. At 9 steps it is faster than 74% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Caterpillar?

Yes. 422 combinations are known to produce Caterpillar, 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.