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How to Make Payrolls in Infinite Craft

Payrolls is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 40 combinations to get there, and the final one is Payroll plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

PayrollPluralPayrolls

Marathon40 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 50

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 40 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3PlantWindDandelion
  4. 4EarthWindDust
  5. 5DandelionDustWish
  6. 6TreeWishMoney
  7. 7DustFireAsh
  8. 8WaterWaterLake
  9. 9LakeWaterOcean
  10. 10AshOceanSalt
  11. 11MoneySaltSalary
  12. 12EarthFireLava
  13. 13LavaWaterStone
  14. 14LakeStoneLighthouse
  15. 15FireWindSmoke
  16. 16SmokeStoneStatue
  17. 17LighthouseStatueStatue of Liberty
  18. 18Statue of LibertyWaterNew York
  19. 19FireNew York9/11
  20. 209/11FireTerror
  21. 21SalaryTerrorPayroll
  22. 22WindWindTornado
  23. 23TornadoWaterTsunami
  24. 24EarthTsunamiIsland
  25. 25EarthIslandContinent
  26. 26FireWaterSteam
  27. 27WaterWindWave
  28. 28SteamWaveSurf
  29. 29ContinentSurfAustralia
  30. 30EarthEarthMountain
  31. 31MountainWindAvalanche
  32. 32AvalancheWindSnow
  33. 33AustraliaSnowNo
  34. 34NoOceanNot
  35. 35FireSteamEngine
  36. 36DustEngineVacuum
  37. 37FireVacuumBlack Hole
  38. 38Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  39. 39NotSingularityPlural
  40. 40PayrollPluralPayrolls
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Plant + Wind→ Dandelion4Earth + Wind→ Dust5Dandelion + Dust→ Wish6Tree + Wish→ Money7Dust + Fire→ Ash8Water + Water→ Lake9Lake + Water→ Ocean10Ash + Ocean→ Salt11Money + Salt→ Salary12Earth + Fire→ Lava13Lava + Water→ Stone14Lake + Stone→ Lighthouse15Fire + Wind→ Smoke16Smoke + Stone→ Statue17Lighthouse + Statue→ Statue of Liberty18Statue of Liberty + Water→ New York19Fire + New York→ 9/11209/11 + Fire→ Terror21Salary + Terror→ Payroll22Wind + Wind→ Tornado23Tornado + Water→ Tsunami24Earth + Tsunami→ Island25Earth + Island→ Continent26Fire + Water→ Steam27Water + Wind→ Wave28Steam + Wave→ Surf29Continent + Surf→ Australia30Earth + Earth→ Mountain31Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche32Avalanche + Wind→ Snow33Australia + Snow→ No34No + Ocean→ Not35Fire + Steam→ Engine36Dust + Engine→ Vacuum37Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole38Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity39Not + Singularity→ Plural40Payroll + Plural→ Payrolls

Payrolls at a glance

Steps to craft
40
Marathon
Crafting depth
50
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 40 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Payrolls in Infinite Craft?

Combine Payroll with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 40 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Payrolls?

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

Is Payrolls hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 40 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Payrolls?

Only one known combination produces Payrolls.

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