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How to Make Painted Desert in Infinite Craft

Painted Desert is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 14 combinations to get there, and the final one is Dry Paint plus Quicksand. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Dry PaintQuicksandPainted Desert

Long14 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 163 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 14 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4EarthPlantTree
  5. 5AshTreePencil
  6. 6EarthPencilDrawing
  7. 7DrawingWaterPainting
  8. 8PaintingWaterWet Paint
  9. 9Wet PaintWindDry Paint
  10. 10PlantWaterSwamp
  11. 11SwampWaterMarsh
  12. 12DustWindSandstorm
  13. 13MarshSandstormQuicksand
  14. 14Dry PaintQuicksandPainted Desert
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash3Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant4Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree5Ash + Treeโ†’ Pencil6Earth + Pencilโ†’ Drawing7Drawing + Waterโ†’ Painting8Painting + Waterโ†’ Wet Paint9Wet Paint + Windโ†’ Dry Paint10Plant + Waterโ†’ Swamp11Swamp + Waterโ†’ Marsh12Dust + Windโ†’ Sandstorm13Marsh + Sandstormโ†’ Quicksand14Dry Paint + Quicksandโ†’ Painted Desert

Other ways to make Painted Desert

3 combinations are known to produce Painted Desert. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Painted Desert
FirstSecondResult
Grand CanyonVan GoghPainted Desert
Dry PaintQuicksandPainted Desert
Painted TreeSandstormPainted Desert

What you can make with Painted Desert

Painted Desert at a glance

Steps to craft
14
Long
Crafting depth
16
longer than 73% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
6
other combinations

Other elements that take 14 steps

Similar effort to Painted Desert, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Painted Desert in Infinite Craft?

Combine Dry Paint with Quicksand. The full path from the base elements takes 14 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Painted Desert?

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

Is Painted Desert hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 14 steps it is longer than 73% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Painted Desert?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Painted Desert, 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.