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How to Make Prickly Rust in Infinite Craft

Prickly Rust is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 16 combinations to get there, and the final one is Prickly Heat plus Rusty. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Prickly HeatRustyPrickly Rust

Long16 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 212 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 16 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2WaterWindWave
  3. 3EarthWaveSand
  4. 4PlantSandCactus
  5. 5FireFireVolcano
  6. 6VolcanoWindEruption
  7. 7FireWaterSteam
  8. 8EruptionSteamGeyser
  9. 9CactusGeyserPrickly Heat
  10. 10FireSteamEngine
  11. 11EnginePlantCar
  12. 12EarthWindDust
  13. 13CarDustRust
  14. 14PlantSteamTea
  15. 15RustTeaRusty
  16. 16Prickly HeatRustyPrickly Rust
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Water + Wind→ Wave3Earth + Wave→ Sand4Plant + Sand→ Cactus5Fire + Fire→ Volcano6Volcano + Wind→ Eruption7Fire + Water→ Steam8Eruption + Steam→ Geyser9Cactus + Geyser→ Prickly Heat10Fire + Steam→ Engine11Engine + Plant→ Car12Earth + Wind→ Dust13Car + Dust→ Rust14Plant + Steam→ Tea15Rust + Tea→ Rusty16Prickly Heat + Rusty→ Prickly Rust

Other ways to make Prickly Rust

2 combinations are known to produce Prickly Rust. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Prickly Rust
FirstSecondResult
Prickly HeatRustyPrickly Rust
Prickly CactusRustPrickly Rust

Prickly Rust at a glance

Steps to craft
16
Long
Crafting depth
21
longer than 79% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 16 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Prickly Rust in Infinite Craft?

Combine Prickly Heat with Rusty. The full path from the base elements takes 16 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Prickly Rust?

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

Is Prickly Rust hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 16 steps it is longer than 79% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Prickly Rust?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Prickly Rust, 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.