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How to Make Paint Buckets in Infinite Craft

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

The final combination

Paint BucketPluralPaint Buckets

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 42

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3EarthFireLava
  4. 4LavaWaterStone
  5. 5PlantStoneFossil
  6. 6FossilWaterOil
  7. 7OilWaterEmulsion
  8. 8DustEmulsionPaint
  9. 9PaintPaintPaint Bucket
  10. 10WindWindTornado
  11. 11TornadoWaterTsunami
  12. 12EarthTsunamiIsland
  13. 13EarthIslandContinent
  14. 14FireWaterSteam
  15. 15WaterWindWave
  16. 16SteamWaveSurf
  17. 17ContinentSurfAustralia
  18. 18EarthEarthMountain
  19. 19MountainWindAvalanche
  20. 20AvalancheWindSnow
  21. 21AustraliaSnowNo
  22. 22WaterWaterLake
  23. 23LakeWaterOcean
  24. 24NoOceanNot
  25. 25FireSteamEngine
  26. 26DustEngineVacuum
  27. 27FireVacuumBlack Hole
  28. 28Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  29. 29NotSingularityPlural
  30. 30Paint BucketPluralPaint Buckets
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant3Earth + Fireโ†’ Lava4Lava + Waterโ†’ Stone5Plant + Stoneโ†’ Fossil6Fossil + Waterโ†’ Oil7Oil + Waterโ†’ Emulsion8Dust + Emulsionโ†’ Paint9Paint + Paintโ†’ Paint Bucket10Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado11Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami12Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island13Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent14Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam15Water + Windโ†’ Wave16Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf17Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia18Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain19Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche20Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow21Australia + Snowโ†’ No22Water + Waterโ†’ Lake23Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean24No + Oceanโ†’ Not25Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine26Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum27Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole28Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity29Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural30Paint Bucket + Pluralโ†’ Paint Buckets

Paint Buckets at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
42
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 30 steps

Similar effort to Paint Buckets, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Paint Buckets in Infinite Craft?

Combine Paint Bucket with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Paint Buckets?

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

Is Paint Buckets 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 Paint Buckets?

Only one known combination produces Paint Buckets.

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