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How to Make Nincada in Infinite Craft

Nincada is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 19 combinations to get there, and the final one is Desert plus Shelmet. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

DesertShelmetNincada

Long19 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 237 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 19 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3EarthSandDesert
  4. 4EarthWindDust
  5. 5DustFireAsh
  6. 6WaterWaterLake
  7. 7LakeWaterOcean
  8. 8OceanWaterFish
  9. 9DustFishStarfish
  10. 10StarfishWindFlying Starfish
  11. 11AshFlying StarfishPikachu
  12. 12EarthWaterPlant
  13. 13PikachuPlantBulbasaur
  14. 14OceanPlantCoral
  15. 15BulbasaurCoralCorphish
  16. 16WindWindTornado
  17. 17CorphishTornadoShellos
  18. 18FireShellosShelmet
  19. 19DesertShelmetNincada
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Earth + Sand→ Desert4Earth + Wind→ Dust5Dust + Fire→ Ash6Water + Water→ Lake7Lake + Water→ Ocean8Ocean + Water→ Fish9Dust + Fish→ Starfish10Starfish + Wind→ Flying Starfish11Ash + Flying Starfish→ Pikachu12Earth + Water→ Plant13Pikachu + Plant→ Bulbasaur14Ocean + Plant→ Coral15Bulbasaur + Coral→ Corphish16Wind + Wind→ Tornado17Corphish + Tornado→ Shellos18Fire + Shellos→ Shelmet19Desert + Shelmet→ Nincada

Other ways to make Nincada

7 combinations are known to produce Nincada. Here are 7 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Nincada
FirstSecondResult
DesertShelmetNincada
NaNinjaskNincada
DevolutionShedinjaNincada
DevolveShedinjaNincada
NScytherNincada
NatuSuicuneNincada
Paldean NincadaUnown NNincada

What you can make with Nincada

Nincada at a glance

Steps to craft
19
Long
Crafting depth
23
longer than 84% of solved elements
Known recipes
7
ways to make it
Used in
176
other combinations

Other elements that take 19 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Nincada in Infinite Craft?

Combine Desert with Shelmet. The full path from the base elements takes 19 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Nincada?

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

Is Nincada hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 19 steps it is longer than 84% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Nincada?

Yes. 7 combinations are known to produce Nincada, 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.