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How to Make Compounds in Infinite Craft

Compounds is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 28 combinations to get there, and the final one is Compound plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CompoundPluralCompounds

Marathon28 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 483 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 28 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2EarthSteamMud
  3. 3EarthEarthMountain
  4. 4FireSteamEngine
  5. 5EngineSteamTrain
  6. 6MountainTrainTunnel
  7. 7MudTunnelMole
  8. 8MoleSteamMolecule
  9. 9MoleculeMoleculeCompound
  10. 10WindWindTornado
  11. 11TornadoWaterTsunami
  12. 12EarthTsunamiIsland
  13. 13EarthIslandContinent
  14. 14WaterWindWave
  15. 15SteamWaveSurf
  16. 16ContinentSurfAustralia
  17. 17MountainWindAvalanche
  18. 18AvalancheWindSnow
  19. 19AustraliaSnowNo
  20. 20WaterWaterLake
  21. 21LakeWaterOcean
  22. 22NoOceanNot
  23. 23EarthWindDust
  24. 24DustEngineVacuum
  25. 25FireVacuumBlack Hole
  26. 26Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  27. 27NotSingularityPlural
  28. 28CompoundPluralCompounds
Crafting tree
1Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam2Earth + Steamโ†’ Mud3Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain4Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine5Engine + Steamโ†’ Train6Mountain + Trainโ†’ Tunnel7Mud + Tunnelโ†’ Mole8Mole + Steamโ†’ Molecule9Molecule + Moleculeโ†’ Compound10Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado11Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami12Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island13Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent14Water + Windโ†’ Wave15Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf16Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia17Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche18Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow19Australia + Snowโ†’ No20Water + Waterโ†’ Lake21Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean22No + Oceanโ†’ Not23Earth + Windโ†’ Dust24Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum25Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole26Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity27Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural28Compound + Pluralโ†’ Compounds

Other ways to make Compounds

3 combinations are known to produce Compounds. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Compounds
FirstSecondResult
CompoundPluralCompounds
ComponentsPluralCompounds
ComponentsPast TenseCompounds

Compounds at a glance

Steps to craft
28
Marathon
Crafting depth
48
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 28 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Compounds in Infinite Craft?

Combine Compound with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 28 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Compounds?

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

Is Compounds hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 28 steps it is longer than 93% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Compounds?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Compounds, 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.