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How to Make Hot Messes in Infinite Craft

Hot Messes is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 30 combinations to get there, and the final one is Hot Mess plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Hot MessPluralHot Messes

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 342 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 30 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWindSmoke
  2. 2SmokeWaterFog
  3. 3FogWaterIce
  4. 4FireFireVolcano
  5. 5IceVolcanoIce Cream
  6. 6Ice CreamWaterMilkshake
  7. 7FireMilkshakeHot Fudge Sundae
  8. 8WindWindTornado
  9. 9Hot Fudge SundaeTornadoHot Mess
  10. 10TornadoWaterTsunami
  11. 11EarthTsunamiIsland
  12. 12EarthIslandContinent
  13. 13FireWaterSteam
  14. 14WaterWindWave
  15. 15SteamWaveSurf
  16. 16ContinentSurfAustralia
  17. 17EarthEarthMountain
  18. 18MountainWindAvalanche
  19. 19AvalancheWindSnow
  20. 20AustraliaSnowNo
  21. 21WaterWaterLake
  22. 22LakeWaterOcean
  23. 23NoOceanNot
  24. 24EarthWindDust
  25. 25FireSteamEngine
  26. 26DustEngineVacuum
  27. 27FireVacuumBlack Hole
  28. 28Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  29. 29NotSingularityPlural
  30. 30Hot MessPluralHot Messes
Crafting tree
1Fire + Wind→ Smoke2Smoke + Water→ Fog3Fog + Water→ Ice4Fire + Fire→ Volcano5Ice + Volcano→ Ice Cream6Ice Cream + Water→ Milkshake7Fire + Milkshake→ Hot Fudge Sundae8Wind + Wind→ Tornado9Hot Fudge Sundae + Tornado→ Hot Mess10Tornado + Water→ Tsunami11Earth + Tsunami→ Island12Earth + Island→ Continent13Fire + Water→ Steam14Water + Wind→ Wave15Steam + Wave→ Surf16Continent + Surf→ Australia17Earth + Earth→ Mountain18Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche19Avalanche + Wind→ Snow20Australia + Snow→ No21Water + Water→ Lake22Lake + Water→ Ocean23No + Ocean→ Not24Earth + Wind→ Dust25Fire + Steam→ Engine26Dust + Engine→ Vacuum27Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole28Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity29Not + Singularity→ Plural30Hot Mess + Plural→ Hot Messes

Other ways to make Hot Messes

2 combinations are known to produce Hot Messes. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Hot Messes
FirstSecondResult
Hot MessPluralHot Messes
Hot messPluralHot Messes

Hot Messes at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
34
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 30 steps

Similar effort to Hot Messes, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hot Messes in Infinite Craft?

Combine Hot Mess with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hot Messes?

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

Is Hot Messes hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 30 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hot Messes?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Hot Messes, 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.