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How to Make Decay in Infinite Craft

Decay is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 16 combinations to get there, and the final one is Combine plus Wither. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CombineWitherDecay

Long16 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 205 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 16 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EngineWindWindmill
  4. 4WindWindmillElectricity
  5. 5EarthEngineTractor
  6. 6ElectricityTractorCombine
  7. 7EarthWaterPlant
  8. 8PlantWindDandelion
  9. 9FireFireVolcano
  10. 10DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  11. 11EarthFireLava
  12. 12LavaWaterStone
  13. 13LavaStoneObsidian
  14. 14FireworksObsidianNether Star
  15. 15Nether StarPlantWither
  16. 16CombineWitherDecay
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Fire + Steam→ Engine3Engine + Wind→ Windmill4Wind + Windmill→ Electricity5Earth + Engine→ Tractor6Electricity + Tractor→ Combine7Earth + Water→ Plant8Plant + Wind→ Dandelion9Fire + Fire→ Volcano10Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks11Earth + Fire→ Lava12Lava + Water→ Stone13Lava + Stone→ Obsidian14Fireworks + Obsidian→ Nether Star15Nether Star + Plant→ Wither16Combine + Wither→ Decay

Other ways to make Decay

5 combinations are known to produce Decay. Here are 5 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Decay
FirstSecondResult
CorruptionTimeDecay
CombineWitherDecay
GrowthReverseDecay
GrowthOppositeDecay
AntonymGrowthDecay

What you can make with Decay

Decay at a glance

Steps to craft
16
Long
Crafting depth
20
longer than 79% of solved elements
Known recipes
5
ways to make it
Used in
3
other combinations

Other elements that take 16 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Decay in Infinite Craft?

Combine Combine with Wither. The full path from the base elements takes 16 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Decay?

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

Is Decay hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 16 steps it is longer than 79% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Decay?

Yes. 5 combinations are known to produce Decay, 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.