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How to Make Lingering Illness in Infinite Craft

Lingering Illness is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 24 combinations to get there, and the final one is Coughing Ghost plus Thesaurus. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Coughing GhostThesaurusLingering Illness

Marathon24 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 36

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 24 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4DustPlantPollen
  5. 5AshPollenCough
  6. 6EarthPlantTree
  7. 7WaterWindWave
  8. 8TreeWaveSurfboard
  9. 9CoughSurfboardCoughboard
  10. 10FireWindSmoke
  11. 11SmokeWaterFog
  12. 12FogTreeGhost
  13. 13FogGhostFoggy Ghost
  14. 14DustFoggy GhostDusty Ghost
  15. 15CoughboardDusty GhostCoughing Ghost
  16. 16EarthFireLava
  17. 17LavaWaterStone
  18. 18PlantStoneFossil
  19. 19FireFossilDinosaur
  20. 20DustWindSandstorm
  21. 21DustTreeWood
  22. 22SandstormWoodSandal
  23. 23DinosaurSandalThesaurus
  24. 24Coughing GhostThesaurusLingering Illness
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Earth + Water→ Plant4Dust + Plant→ Pollen5Ash + Pollen→ Cough6Earth + Plant→ Tree7Water + Wind→ Wave8Tree + Wave→ Surfboard9Cough + Surfboard→ Coughboard10Fire + Wind→ Smoke11Smoke + Water→ Fog12Fog + Tree→ Ghost13Fog + Ghost→ Foggy Ghost14Dust + Foggy Ghost→ Dusty Ghost15Coughboard + Dusty Ghost→ Coughing Ghost16Earth + Fire→ Lava17Lava + Water→ Stone18Plant + Stone→ Fossil19Fire + Fossil→ Dinosaur20Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm21Dust + Tree→ Wood22Sandstorm + Wood→ Sandal23Dinosaur + Sandal→ Thesaurus24Coughing Ghost + Thesaurus→ Lingering Illness

Lingering Illness at a glance

Steps to craft
24
Marathon
Crafting depth
36
longer than 90% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 24 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Lingering Illness in Infinite Craft?

Combine Coughing Ghost with Thesaurus. The full path from the base elements takes 24 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Lingering Illness?

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

Is Lingering Illness hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 24 steps it is longer than 90% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Lingering Illness?

Only one known combination produces Lingering Illness.

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