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How to Make Crab Cactus in Infinite Craft

Crab Cactus is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 15 combinations to get there, and the final one is Crab plus Flying Cactus. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CrabFlying CactusCrab Cactus

Long15 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 18

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 15 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustWindSandstorm
  3. 3EarthSandstormDune
  4. 4EarthWaterPlant
  5. 5WaterWindWave
  6. 6PlantWaveSeaweed
  7. 7DuneSeaweedCrab
  8. 8EarthWaveSand
  9. 9PlantSandCactus
  10. 10WaterWaterLake
  11. 11LakeWaterOcean
  12. 12OceanWaterFish
  13. 13FishWindFlying Fish
  14. 14CactusFlying FishFlying Cactus
  15. 15CrabFlying CactusCrab Cactus
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Windโ†’ Sandstorm3Earth + Sandstormโ†’ Dune4Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant5Water + Windโ†’ Wave6Plant + Waveโ†’ Seaweed7Dune + Seaweedโ†’ Crab8Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand9Plant + Sandโ†’ Cactus10Water + Waterโ†’ Lake11Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean12Ocean + Waterโ†’ Fish13Fish + Windโ†’ Flying Fish14Cactus + Flying Fishโ†’ Flying Cactus15Crab + Flying Cactusโ†’ Crab Cactus

What you can make with Crab Cactus

Crab Cactus at a glance

Steps to craft
15
Long
Crafting depth
18
longer than 77% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
2
other combinations

Other elements that take 15 steps

Similar effort to Crab Cactus, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Crab Cactus in Infinite Craft?

Combine Crab with Flying Cactus. The full path from the base elements takes 15 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Crab Cactus?

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

Is Crab Cactus hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 15 steps it is longer than 77% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Crab Cactus?

Only one known combination produces Crab Cactus.

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