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How to Make Frowning in Infinite Craft

Frowning is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 20 combinations to get there, and the final one is Reverse plus Smurfing. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

ReverseSmurfingFrowning

Long20 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 272 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 20 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4EnginePlantCar
  5. 5WaterWindWave
  6. 6EarthWaveSand
  7. 7FireSandGlass
  8. 8GlassSteamMirror
  9. 9FireFireVolcano
  10. 10MirrorVolcanoEcho
  11. 11CarEchoReverse
  12. 12EarthFireLava
  13. 13LavaWaterStone
  14. 14SteamWaveSurf
  15. 15SurfWindSurfing
  16. 16StoneSurfingSkimming
  17. 17SkimmingSurfingSkurfing
  18. 18FireWindSmoke
  19. 19SkurfingSmokeSmurfing
  20. 20ReverseSmurfingFrowning
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Fire + Steam→ Engine3Earth + Water→ Plant4Engine + Plant→ Car5Water + Wind→ Wave6Earth + Wave→ Sand7Fire + Sand→ Glass8Glass + Steam→ Mirror9Fire + Fire→ Volcano10Mirror + Volcano→ Echo11Car + Echo→ Reverse12Earth + Fire→ Lava13Lava + Water→ Stone14Steam + Wave→ Surf15Surf + Wind→ Surfing16Stone + Surfing→ Skimming17Skimming + Surfing→ Skurfing18Fire + Wind→ Smoke19Skurfing + Smoke→ Smurfing20Reverse + Smurfing→ Frowning

Other ways to make Frowning

2 combinations are known to produce Frowning. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Frowning
FirstSecondResult
ReverseSmurfingFrowning
OppositeSmilingFrowning

What you can make with Frowning

Frowning at a glance

Steps to craft
20
Long
Crafting depth
27
longer than 85% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
12
other combinations

Other elements that take 20 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Frowning in Infinite Craft?

Combine Reverse with Smurfing. The full path from the base elements takes 20 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Frowning?

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

Is Frowning hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 20 steps it is longer than 85% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Frowning?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Frowning, 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.