Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Distant in Infinite Craft

Distant is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 22 combinations to get there, and the final one is Complex plus Remote. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

ComplexRemoteDistant

Marathon22 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 263 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 22 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EngineWindWindmill
  4. 4WaterWindmillEnergy
  5. 5EarthWindDust
  6. 6EarthWaterPlant
  7. 7DustPlantPollen
  8. 8PollenWaterHoney
  9. 9HoneyWaterMeade
  10. 10DustWindSandstorm
  11. 11EarthFireLava
  12. 12LavaWaterStone
  13. 13SandstormStoneSphinx
  14. 14MeadeSphinxOedipus
  15. 15EnergyOedipusComplex
  16. 16WaterWaterLake
  17. 17EnergyLakeElectric Eel
  18. 18EarthElectric EelBattery
  19. 19EarthSteamMud
  20. 20FireMudBrick
  21. 21BatteryBrickRemote
  22. 22ComplexRemoteDistant
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Fire + Steam→ Engine3Engine + Wind→ Windmill4Water + Windmill→ Energy5Earth + Wind→ Dust6Earth + Water→ Plant7Dust + Plant→ Pollen8Pollen + Water→ Honey9Honey + Water→ Meade10Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm11Earth + Fire→ Lava12Lava + Water→ Stone13Sandstorm + Stone→ Sphinx14Meade + Sphinx→ Oedipus15Energy + Oedipus→ Complex16Water + Water→ Lake17Energy + Lake→ Electric Eel18Earth + Electric Eel→ Battery19Earth + Steam→ Mud20Fire + Mud→ Brick21Battery + Brick→ Remote22Complex + Remote→ Distant

Other ways to make Distant

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

Alternative combinations that produce Distant
FirstSecondResult
RemoteSeparateDistant
ComplexRemoteDistant
DistancingNotDistant

What you can make with Distant

Distant at a glance

Steps to craft
22
Marathon
Crafting depth
26
longer than 88% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
40
other combinations

Other elements that take 22 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Distant in Infinite Craft?

Combine Complex with Remote. The full path from the base elements takes 22 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Distant?

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

Is Distant hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 22 steps it is longer than 88% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Distant?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Distant, 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.