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How to Make Chicago in Infinite Craft

Chicago 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 Lake plus Michigan.

The final combination

LakeMichiganChicago

Moderate9 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 12109 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2WindWindTornado
  3. 3TornadoWaterTsunami
  4. 4EarthTsunamiIsland
  5. 5EarthIslandContinent
  6. 6ContinentLakeAmerica
  7. 7AmericaEarthUSA
  8. 8LakeUSAMichigan
  9. 9LakeMichiganChicago
Crafting tree
1Water + Water→ Lake2Wind + Wind→ Tornado3Tornado + Water→ Tsunami4Earth + Tsunami→ Island5Earth + Island→ Continent6Continent + Lake→ America7America + Earth→ USA8Lake + USA→ Michigan9Lake + Michigan→ Chicago

Other ways to make Chicago

109 combinations are known to produce Chicago. Here are 25 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Chicago
FirstSecondResult
Lake LouiseWindy CityChicago
Steampunk FlyWindy CityChicago
LakeMichiganChicago
EarthIllinoisChicago
EarthLake MichiganChicago
EarthWindy CityChicago
FireIllinoisChicago
FireLake MichiganChicago
FireWindy CityChicago
IllinoisWaterChicago
WaterWindy CityChicago
WindWindy CityChicago
Black HawkLakeChicago
BroadwayLakeChicago
DustIllinoisChicago
DustLake MichiganChicago
DustWindy CityChicago
FireSears TowerChicago
IllinoisMountainChicago
IllinoisSmokeChicago
IllinoisSteamChicago
IllinoisVolcanoChicago
IllinoisWaveChicago
LakeWindy CityChicago
Lake MichiganMountainChicago

What you can make with Chicago

Chicago at a glance

Steps to craft
9
Moderate
Crafting depth
12
faster than 74% of solved elements
Known recipes
109
ways to make it
Used in
93
other combinations

Other elements that take 9 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Chicago in Infinite Craft?

Combine Lake with Michigan. The full path from the base elements takes 9 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Chicago?

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

Is Chicago 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 Chicago?

Yes. 109 combinations are known to produce Chicago, 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.