Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Hardest Metal in Infinite Craft

Hardest Metal is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 31 combinations to get there, and the final one is Osmium plus Titanium Carbide. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

OsmiumTitanium CarbideHardest Metal

Marathon31 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 41

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 31 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4EarthRiverDelta
  5. 5FireWindSmoke
  6. 6PlantSmokeIncense
  7. 7WaterWindWave
  8. 8TreeWaveSurfboard
  9. 9IncenseSurfboardYoga
  10. 10DeltaYogaOm
  11. 11IncenseWaterPerfume
  12. 12PerfumeWindSmell
  13. 13FireFireVolcano
  14. 14SmellVolcanoSulfur
  15. 15OmSulfurOsmium
  16. 16EarthFireLava
  17. 17LavaWaterStone
  18. 18LavaStoneObsidian
  19. 19EarthObsidianDiamond
  20. 20DiamondSmokeCarbon
  21. 21FireWaterSteam
  22. 22FireSteamEngine
  23. 23EngineWindWindmill
  24. 24WaterWindmillEnergy
  25. 25EarthWindDust
  26. 26DustEarthPlanet
  27. 27EnginePlanetSaturn
  28. 28EarthSaturnTitan
  29. 29EnergyTitanTitanium
  30. 30CarbonTitaniumTitanium Carbide
  31. 31OsmiumTitanium CarbideHardest Metal
Crafting tree
1Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant2Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree3Tree + Waterโ†’ River4Earth + Riverโ†’ Delta5Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke6Plant + Smokeโ†’ Incense7Water + Windโ†’ Wave8Tree + Waveโ†’ Surfboard9Incense + Surfboardโ†’ Yoga10Delta + Yogaโ†’ Om11Incense + Waterโ†’ Perfume12Perfume + Windโ†’ Smell13Fire + Fireโ†’ Volcano14Smell + Volcanoโ†’ Sulfur15Om + Sulfurโ†’ Osmium16Earth + Fireโ†’ Lava17Lava + Waterโ†’ Stone18Lava + Stoneโ†’ Obsidian19Earth + Obsidianโ†’ Diamond20Diamond + Smokeโ†’ Carbon21Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam22Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine23Engine + Windโ†’ Windmill24Water + Windmillโ†’ Energy25Earth + Windโ†’ Dust26Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet27Engine + Planetโ†’ Saturn28Earth + Saturnโ†’ Titan29Energy + Titanโ†’ Titanium30Carbon + Titaniumโ†’ Titanium Carbide31Osmium + Titanium Carbideโ†’ Hardest Metal

Hardest Metal at a glance

Steps to craft
31
Marathon
Crafting depth
41
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 31 steps

Similar effort to Hardest Metal, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hardest Metal in Infinite Craft?

Combine Osmium with Titanium Carbide. The full path from the base elements takes 31 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hardest Metal?

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

Is Hardest Metal hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 31 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hardest Metal?

Only one known combination produces Hardest Metal.

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