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How to Make Piston Dust in Infinite Craft

Piston Dust is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 29 combinations to get there, and the final one is Anagram plus Dustpiston. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

AnagramDustpistonPiston Dust

Marathon29 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 39

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 29 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthRiverDelta
  7. 7BookDeltaAlphabet
  8. 8AlphabetFireAlphabet Soup
  9. 9FireWindSmoke
  10. 10PlantSmokeIncense
  11. 11WaterWindWave
  12. 12EarthWaveSand
  13. 13IncenseSandSnake
  14. 14Alphabet SoupSnakeAnagram
  15. 15EarthWindDust
  16. 16DustWindSandstorm
  17. 17SandstormWindDust Storm
  18. 18Dust StormSandstormDust Bowl
  19. 19WindWindTornado
  20. 20TornadoWaterTsunami
  21. 21Dust BowlTsunamiDustnami
  22. 22FireWaterSteam
  23. 23FireSteamEngine
  24. 24DustEngineVacuum
  25. 25FireVacuumBlack Hole
  26. 26Black HoleEarthHole
  27. 27EngineHolePiston
  28. 28DustnamiPistonDustpiston
  29. 29AnagramDustpistonPiston Dust
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + River→ Delta7Book + Delta→ Alphabet8Alphabet + Fire→ Alphabet Soup9Fire + Wind→ Smoke10Plant + Smoke→ Incense11Water + Wind→ Wave12Earth + Wave→ Sand13Incense + Sand→ Snake14Alphabet Soup + Snake→ Anagram15Earth + Wind→ Dust16Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm17Sandstorm + Wind→ Dust Storm18Dust Storm + Sandstorm→ Dust Bowl19Wind + Wind→ Tornado20Tornado + Water→ Tsunami21Dust Bowl + Tsunami→ Dustnami22Fire + Water→ Steam23Fire + Steam→ Engine24Dust + Engine→ Vacuum25Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole26Black Hole + Earth→ Hole27Engine + Hole→ Piston28Dustnami + Piston→ Dustpiston29Anagram + Dustpiston→ Piston Dust

What you can make with Piston Dust

Piston Dust at a glance

Steps to craft
29
Marathon
Crafting depth
39
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
4
other combinations

Other elements that take 29 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Piston Dust in Infinite Craft?

Combine Anagram with Dustpiston. The full path from the base elements takes 29 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Piston Dust?

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

Is Piston Dust hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 29 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Piston Dust?

Only one known combination produces Piston Dust.

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