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How to Make Dirty Cactus in Infinite Craft

Dirty Cactus is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 23 combinations to get there, and the final one is Clean Cactus plus Opposite. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Clean CactusOppositeDirty Cactus

Marathon23 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 30

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 23 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2WaterWindWave
  3. 3EarthWaveSand
  4. 4PlantSandCactus
  5. 5PlantWindDandelion
  6. 6FireWaterSteam
  7. 7FireSteamEngine
  8. 8DandelionEngineHelicopter
  9. 9EarthSteamMud
  10. 10HelicopterMudMuddy Helicopter
  11. 11Muddy HelicopterWaterClean Helicopter
  12. 12CactusClean HelicopterClean Cactus
  13. 13DandelionWaterWine
  14. 14WindWineBalloon
  15. 15EarthWindDust
  16. 16BalloonDustDust Bunny
  17. 17PlantWaterSwamp
  18. 18FireSwampDragon
  19. 19DustFireAsh
  20. 20AshFirePhoenix
  21. 21DragonPhoenixYin Yang
  22. 22Dust BunnyYin YangOpposite
  23. 23Clean CactusOppositeDirty Cactus
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Water + Wind→ Wave3Earth + Wave→ Sand4Plant + Sand→ Cactus5Plant + Wind→ Dandelion6Fire + Water→ Steam7Fire + Steam→ Engine8Dandelion + Engine→ Helicopter9Earth + Steam→ Mud10Helicopter + Mud→ Muddy Helicopter11Muddy Helicopter + Water→ Clean Helicopter12Cactus + Clean Helicopter→ Clean Cactus13Dandelion + Water→ Wine14Wind + Wine→ Balloon15Earth + Wind→ Dust16Balloon + Dust→ Dust Bunny17Plant + Water→ Swamp18Fire + Swamp→ Dragon19Dust + Fire→ Ash20Ash + Fire→ Phoenix21Dragon + Phoenix→ Yin Yang22Dust Bunny + Yin Yang→ Opposite23Clean Cactus + Opposite→ Dirty Cactus

Dirty Cactus at a glance

Steps to craft
23
Marathon
Crafting depth
30
longer than 89% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 23 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Dirty Cactus in Infinite Craft?

Combine Clean Cactus with Opposite. The full path from the base elements takes 23 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Dirty Cactus?

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

Is Dirty Cactus hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 23 steps it is longer than 89% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Dirty Cactus?

Only one known combination produces Dirty Cactus.

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