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How to Make Checkmate in Infinite Craft

Checkmate sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 11 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Chess plus Earth.

The final combination

ChessEarthCheckmate

Long11 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 13242 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 11 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3PlantWindDandelion
  4. 4DandelionWindSeed
  5. 5EarthPlantTree
  6. 6SeedTreeApple
  7. 7FireWaterSteam
  8. 8AppleSteamPie
  9. 9LakePiePiece
  10. 10FirePieceChess
  11. 11ChessEarthCheckmate
Crafting tree
1Water + Waterโ†’ Lake2Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant3Plant + Windโ†’ Dandelion4Dandelion + Windโ†’ Seed5Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree6Seed + Treeโ†’ Apple7Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam8Apple + Steamโ†’ Pie9Lake + Pieโ†’ Piece10Fire + Pieceโ†’ Chess11Chess + Earthโ†’ Checkmate

Other ways to make Checkmate

242 combinations are known to produce Checkmate. Here are 25 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Checkmate
FirstSecondResult
ChessDustCheckmate
ChessLakeCheckmate
ChessLavaCheckmate
ChessMountainCheckmate
ChessVolcanoCheckmate
ChessWaveCheckmate
AshChessCheckmate
AvalancheChessCheckmate
ChessFogCheckmate
ChessMudCheckmate
ChessOceanCheckmate
ChessSandCheckmate
ChessTsunamiCheckmate
ChessDuneCheckmate
ChessLightningCheckmate
ChessRainCheckmate
ChessRockCheckmate
ChessTeaCheckmate
ChessWineCheckmate
ChessCoralCheckmate
ChessDestructionCheckmate
ChessGeysirCheckmate
ChessKiteCheckmate
ChessLighthouseCheckmate
ChessObsidianCheckmate

What you can make with Checkmate

Checkmate at a glance

Steps to craft
11
Long
Crafting depth
13
faster than 42% of solved elements
Known recipes
242
ways to make it
Used in
60
other combinations

Other elements that take 11 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Checkmate in Infinite Craft?

Combine Chess with Earth. The full path from the base elements takes 11 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Checkmate?

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

Is Checkmate hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 11 steps it is faster than 42% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Checkmate?

Yes. 242 combinations are known to produce Checkmate, and the shortest route is shown above.

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