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How to Make Cautery in Infinite Craft

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

The final combination

CauterizeSurgeryCautery

Long20 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 27

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 20 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2WaterWindWave
  3. 3PlantWaveSeaweed
  4. 4SeaweedWindKite
  5. 5EarthWindDust
  6. 6DustFireAsh
  7. 7DustPlantPollen
  8. 8AshPollenCough
  9. 9CoughPlantMedicine
  10. 10KiteMedicineSuture
  11. 11FireSutureCauterize
  12. 12FireWaterSteam
  13. 13PlantWindDandelion
  14. 14DandelionWaterWine
  15. 15SteamWineStew
  16. 16EarthEarthMountain
  17. 17DandelionMountainMountain Dew
  18. 18Mountain DewWaveSurge
  19. 19StewSurgeSurgery
  20. 20CauterizeSurgeryCautery
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Water + Wind→ Wave3Plant + Wave→ Seaweed4Seaweed + Wind→ Kite5Earth + Wind→ Dust6Dust + Fire→ Ash7Dust + Plant→ Pollen8Ash + Pollen→ Cough9Cough + Plant→ Medicine10Kite + Medicine→ Suture11Fire + Suture→ Cauterize12Fire + Water→ Steam13Plant + Wind→ Dandelion14Dandelion + Water→ Wine15Steam + Wine→ Stew16Earth + Earth→ Mountain17Dandelion + Mountain→ Mountain Dew18Mountain Dew + Wave→ Surge19Stew + Surge→ Surgery20Cauterize + Surgery→ Cautery

Cautery at a glance

Steps to craft
20
Long
Crafting depth
27
longer than 85% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 20 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cautery in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cauterize with Surgery. The full path from the base elements takes 20 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cautery?

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

Is Cautery 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 Cautery?

Only one known combination produces Cautery.

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