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How to Make Mad Scientists in Infinite Craft

Mad Scientists is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 31 combinations to get there, and the final one is Mad Scientist plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Mad ScientistPluralMad Scientists

Marathon31 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 38

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2EarthEarthMountain
  3. 3LakeMountainFjord
  4. 4FjordMountainNorway
  5. 5FireNorwayViking
  6. 6EarthVikingBerserker
  7. 7WaterWindWave
  8. 8EarthWaveSand
  9. 9FireSandGlass
  10. 10FireGlassLens
  11. 11LensWaterMicroscope
  12. 12BerserkerMicroscopeMad Scientist
  13. 13WindWindTornado
  14. 14TornadoWaterTsunami
  15. 15EarthTsunamiIsland
  16. 16EarthIslandContinent
  17. 17FireWaterSteam
  18. 18SteamWaveSurf
  19. 19ContinentSurfAustralia
  20. 20MountainWindAvalanche
  21. 21AvalancheWindSnow
  22. 22AustraliaSnowNo
  23. 23LakeWaterOcean
  24. 24NoOceanNot
  25. 25EarthWindDust
  26. 26FireSteamEngine
  27. 27DustEngineVacuum
  28. 28FireVacuumBlack Hole
  29. 29Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  30. 30NotSingularityPlural
  31. 31Mad ScientistPluralMad Scientists
Crafting tree
1Water + Water→ Lake2Earth + Earth→ Mountain3Lake + Mountain→ Fjord4Fjord + Mountain→ Norway5Fire + Norway→ Viking6Earth + Viking→ Berserker7Water + Wind→ Wave8Earth + Wave→ Sand9Fire + Sand→ Glass10Fire + Glass→ Lens11Lens + Water→ Microscope12Berserker + Microscope→ Mad Scientist13Wind + Wind→ Tornado14Tornado + Water→ Tsunami15Earth + Tsunami→ Island16Earth + Island→ Continent17Fire + Water→ Steam18Steam + Wave→ Surf19Continent + Surf→ Australia20Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche21Avalanche + Wind→ Snow22Australia + Snow→ No23Lake + Water→ Ocean24No + Ocean→ Not25Earth + Wind→ Dust26Fire + Steam→ Engine27Dust + Engine→ Vacuum28Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole29Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity30Not + Singularity→ Plural31Mad Scientist + Plural→ Mad Scientists

What you can make with Mad Scientists

Mad Scientists at a glance

Steps to craft
31
Marathon
Crafting depth
38
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
7
other combinations

Other elements that take 31 steps

Similar effort to Mad Scientists, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Mad Scientists in Infinite Craft?

Combine Mad Scientist with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 31 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Mad Scientists?

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

Is Mad Scientists 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 Mad Scientists?

Only one known combination produces Mad Scientists.

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