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How to Make Fool’s Gold in Infinite Craft

Fool’s Gold sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 12 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Gold plus Pyrite.

The final combination

GoldPyriteFool’s Gold

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 206 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 12 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2WaterWaterLake
  3. 3LakeWaterOcean
  4. 4OceanWaterFish
  5. 5FishWaterFishbowl
  6. 6FireFishbowlGoldfish
  7. 7DustGoldfishGold
  8. 8EarthFireLava
  9. 9LavaWaterStone
  10. 10StoneWaterRock
  11. 11GoldRockPyrite
  12. 12GoldPyriteFool’s Gold
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Water + Water→ Lake3Lake + Water→ Ocean4Ocean + Water→ Fish5Fish + Water→ Fishbowl6Fire + Fishbowl→ Goldfish7Dust + Goldfish→ Gold8Earth + Fire→ Lava9Lava + Water→ Stone10Stone + Water→ Rock11Gold + Rock→ Pyrite12Gold + Pyrite→ Fool’s Gold

Other ways to make Fool’s Gold

6 combinations are known to produce Fool’s Gold. Here are 6 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Fool’s Gold
FirstSecondResult
ArtificialGoldFool’s Gold
GoldPyriteFool’s Gold
DumbGoldFool’s Gold
False AlarmGoldFool’s Gold
GoldPhosphateFool’s Gold
GoldScottFool’s Gold

What you can make with Fool’s Gold

Fool’s Gold at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
20
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
6
ways to make it
Used in
8
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

Similar effort to Fool’s Gold, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Fool’s Gold in Infinite Craft?

Combine Gold with Pyrite. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Fool’s Gold?

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

Is Fool’s Gold hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 12 steps it is longer than 58% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Fool’s Gold?

Yes. 6 combinations are known to produce Fool’s Gold, 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.