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How to Make Cold Hard Facts in Infinite Craft

Cold Hard Facts is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 20 combinations to get there, and the final one is Ice Sphinx plus Thesaurus. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Ice SphinxThesaurusCold Hard Facts

Long20 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 29

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1FireWindSmoke
  2. 2SmokeWaterFog
  3. 3FogWaterIce
  4. 4EarthWindDust
  5. 5DustWindSandstorm
  6. 6EarthFireLava
  7. 7LavaWaterStone
  8. 8SandstormStoneSphinx
  9. 9EarthWaterPlant
  10. 10PlantWaterSwamp
  11. 11PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  12. 12SphinxVenus FlytrapSphinx Flytrap
  13. 13IceSphinx FlytrapIce Sphinx
  14. 14PlantStoneFossil
  15. 15FireFossilDinosaur
  16. 16EarthPlantTree
  17. 17DustTreeWood
  18. 18SandstormWoodSandal
  19. 19DinosaurSandalThesaurus
  20. 20Ice SphinxThesaurusCold Hard Facts
Crafting tree
1Fire + Wind→ Smoke2Smoke + Water→ Fog3Fog + Water→ Ice4Earth + Wind→ Dust5Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm6Earth + Fire→ Lava7Lava + Water→ Stone8Sandstorm + Stone→ Sphinx9Earth + Water→ Plant10Plant + Water→ Swamp11Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap12Sphinx + Venus Flytrap→ Sphinx Flytrap13Ice + Sphinx Flytrap→ Ice Sphinx14Plant + Stone→ Fossil15Fire + Fossil→ Dinosaur16Earth + Plant→ Tree17Dust + Tree→ Wood18Sandstorm + Wood→ Sandal19Dinosaur + Sandal→ Thesaurus20Ice Sphinx + Thesaurus→ Cold Hard Facts

Cold Hard Facts at a glance

Steps to craft
20
Long
Crafting depth
29
longer than 85% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cold Hard Facts in Infinite Craft?

Combine Ice Sphinx with Thesaurus. The full path from the base elements takes 20 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cold Hard Facts?

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

Is Cold Hard Facts 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 Cold Hard Facts?

Only one known combination produces Cold Hard Facts.

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