Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Chinese Old Year in Infinite Craft

Chinese Old Year is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 19 combinations to get there, and the final one is Chinese New Year plus Opposite. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Chinese New YearOppositeChinese Old Year

Long19 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 29

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 19 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2PlantWaterSwamp
  3. 3FireSwampDragon
  4. 4WindWindTornado
  5. 5PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  6. 6TornadoVenus FlytrapFunnel Cake
  7. 7FireFunnel CakeCarnival
  8. 8CarnivalPlantParade
  9. 9DragonParadeChinese New Year
  10. 10PlantWindDandelion
  11. 11DandelionWaterWine
  12. 12WindWineBalloon
  13. 13EarthWindDust
  14. 14BalloonDustDust Bunny
  15. 15DustFireAsh
  16. 16AshFirePhoenix
  17. 17DragonPhoenixYin Yang
  18. 18Dust BunnyYin YangOpposite
  19. 19Chinese New YearOppositeChinese Old Year
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Plant + Water→ Swamp3Fire + Swamp→ Dragon4Wind + Wind→ Tornado5Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap6Tornado + Venus Flytrap→ Funnel Cake7Fire + Funnel Cake→ Carnival8Carnival + Plant→ Parade9Dragon + Parade→ Chinese New Year10Plant + Wind→ Dandelion11Dandelion + Water→ Wine12Wind + Wine→ Balloon13Earth + Wind→ Dust14Balloon + Dust→ Dust Bunny15Dust + Fire→ Ash16Ash + Fire→ Phoenix17Dragon + Phoenix→ Yin Yang18Dust Bunny + Yin Yang→ Opposite19Chinese New Year + Opposite→ Chinese Old Year

Chinese Old Year at a glance

Steps to craft
19
Long
Crafting depth
29
longer than 84% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 19 steps

Similar effort to Chinese Old Year, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Chinese Old Year in Infinite Craft?

Combine Chinese New Year with Opposite. The full path from the base elements takes 19 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Chinese Old Year?

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

Is Chinese Old Year hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 19 steps it is longer than 84% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Chinese Old Year?

Only one known combination produces Chinese Old Year.

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