Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Pinchbug in Infinite Craft

Pinchbug is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 24 combinations to get there, and the final one is Bug plus Pincurchin. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

BugPincurchinPinchbug

Marathon24 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 34

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 24 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2FireWaterSteam
  3. 3FireSteamEngine
  4. 4WaterWindWave
  5. 5EarthWaveSand
  6. 6FireSandGlass
  7. 7EngineGlassWindshield
  8. 8DustWindshieldBug
  9. 9EarthWaterPlant
  10. 10PlantSandCactus
  11. 11WaterWaterLake
  12. 12LakeWaterOcean
  13. 13OceanWaterFish
  14. 14FireFishSushi
  15. 15CactusSushiCactus Roll
  16. 16Cactus RollLakePrickly Fish
  17. 17DustFireAsh
  18. 18DustFishStarfish
  19. 19StarfishWindFlying Starfish
  20. 20AshFlying StarfishPikachu
  21. 21DustWindSandstorm
  22. 22PikachuSandstormSandshrew
  23. 23Prickly FishSandshrewPincurchin
  24. 24BugPincurchinPinchbug
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Fire + Water→ Steam3Fire + Steam→ Engine4Water + Wind→ Wave5Earth + Wave→ Sand6Fire + Sand→ Glass7Engine + Glass→ Windshield8Dust + Windshield→ Bug9Earth + Water→ Plant10Plant + Sand→ Cactus11Water + Water→ Lake12Lake + Water→ Ocean13Ocean + Water→ Fish14Fire + Fish→ Sushi15Cactus + Sushi→ Cactus Roll16Cactus Roll + Lake→ Prickly Fish17Dust + Fire→ Ash18Dust + Fish→ Starfish19Starfish + Wind→ Flying Starfish20Ash + Flying Starfish→ Pikachu21Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm22Pikachu + Sandstorm→ Sandshrew23Prickly Fish + Sandshrew→ Pincurchin24Bug + Pincurchin→ Pinchbug

Pinchbug at a glance

Steps to craft
24
Marathon
Crafting depth
34
longer than 90% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 24 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Pinchbug in Infinite Craft?

Combine Bug with Pincurchin. The full path from the base elements takes 24 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Pinchbug?

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

Is Pinchbug hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 24 steps it is longer than 90% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Pinchbug?

Only one known combination produces Pinchbug.

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