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How to Make Hardship in Infinite Craft

Hardship is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 25 combinations to get there, and the final one is Difficult plus Regret. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

DifficultRegretHardship

Marathon25 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 302 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 25 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustWindSandstorm
  3. 3SandstormWaterOasis
  4. 4EarthSandstormDune
  5. 5DustEarthPlanet
  6. 6DunePlanetTatooine
  7. 7OasisTatooineMos Eisley
  8. 8FireWaterSteam
  9. 9FireSteamEngine
  10. 10EarthWaterPlant
  11. 11EnginePlantCar
  12. 12WindWindTornado
  13. 13TornadoWaterTsunami
  14. 14EarthTsunamiIsland
  15. 15CarIslandParking
  16. 16Mos EisleyParkingDifficult
  17. 17WaterWindWave
  18. 18EarthWaveSand
  19. 19SandWaterBeach
  20. 20PlantWindDandelion
  21. 21DandelionWaterWine
  22. 22FireWineAlcohol
  23. 23AlcoholWindHangover
  24. 24BeachHangoverRegret
  25. 25DifficultRegretHardship
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Windโ†’ Sandstorm3Sandstorm + Waterโ†’ Oasis4Earth + Sandstormโ†’ Dune5Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet6Dune + Planetโ†’ Tatooine7Oasis + Tatooineโ†’ Mos Eisley8Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam9Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine10Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant11Engine + Plantโ†’ Car12Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado13Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami14Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island15Car + Islandโ†’ Parking16Mos Eisley + Parkingโ†’ Difficult17Water + Windโ†’ Wave18Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand19Sand + Waterโ†’ Beach20Plant + Windโ†’ Dandelion21Dandelion + Waterโ†’ Wine22Fire + Wineโ†’ Alcohol23Alcohol + Windโ†’ Hangover24Beach + Hangoverโ†’ Regret25Difficult + Regretโ†’ Hardship

Other ways to make Hardship

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

Alternative combinations that produce Hardship
FirstSecondResult
DifficultRegretHardship
FinanceHardHardship

Hardship at a glance

Steps to craft
25
Marathon
Crafting depth
30
longer than 91% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 25 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hardship in Infinite Craft?

Combine Difficult with Regret. The full path from the base elements takes 25 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hardship?

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

Is Hardship hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 25 steps it is longer than 91% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hardship?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Hardship, 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.