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How to Make Grumpy Old Men in Infinite Craft

Grumpy Old Men is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 28 combinations to get there, and the final one is Grumpy plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

GrumpyPluralGrumpy Old Men

Marathon28 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 40

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 28 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2FireWaterSteam
  3. 3FireSteamEngine
  4. 4DustEngineVacuum
  5. 5FireVacuumBlack Hole
  6. 6DustEarthPlanet
  7. 7EarthPlanetMoon
  8. 8Black HoleMoonDark Side
  9. 9WaterWaterLake
  10. 10EarthEarthMountain
  11. 11LakeMountainFjord
  12. 12DustFjordTroll
  13. 13Dark SideTrollGrumpy
  14. 14WindWindTornado
  15. 15TornadoWaterTsunami
  16. 16EarthTsunamiIsland
  17. 17EarthIslandContinent
  18. 18WaterWindWave
  19. 19SteamWaveSurf
  20. 20ContinentSurfAustralia
  21. 21MountainWindAvalanche
  22. 22AvalancheWindSnow
  23. 23AustraliaSnowNo
  24. 24LakeWaterOcean
  25. 25NoOceanNot
  26. 26Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  27. 27NotSingularityPlural
  28. 28GrumpyPluralGrumpy Old Men
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam3Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine4Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum5Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole6Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet7Earth + Planetโ†’ Moon8Black Hole + Moonโ†’ Dark Side9Water + Waterโ†’ Lake10Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain11Lake + Mountainโ†’ Fjord12Dust + Fjordโ†’ Troll13Dark Side + Trollโ†’ Grumpy14Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado15Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami16Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island17Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent18Water + Windโ†’ Wave19Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf20Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia21Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche22Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow23Australia + Snowโ†’ No24Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean25No + Oceanโ†’ Not26Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity27Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural28Grumpy + Pluralโ†’ Grumpy Old Men

Grumpy Old Men at a glance

Steps to craft
28
Marathon
Crafting depth
40
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Grumpy Old Men in Infinite Craft?

Combine Grumpy with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 28 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Grumpy Old Men?

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

Is Grumpy Old Men hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 28 steps it is longer than 93% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Grumpy Old Men?

Only one known combination produces Grumpy Old Men.

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