Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Smelting in Infinite Craft

Smelting sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 12 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Dwarves plus Fire.

The final combination

DwarvesFireSmelting

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 143 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 12 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3AshDustCinder
  4. 4EarthWaterPlant
  5. 5PlantWindDandelion
  6. 6FireWindSmoke
  7. 7SmokeWaterFog
  8. 8DandelionFogFairy
  9. 9EarthFairyGnome
  10. 10CinderGnomeGnomes
  11. 11EarthGnomesDwarves
  12. 12DwarvesFireSmelting
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Ash + Dust→ Cinder4Earth + Water→ Plant5Plant + Wind→ Dandelion6Fire + Wind→ Smoke7Smoke + Water→ Fog8Dandelion + Fog→ Fairy9Earth + Fairy→ Gnome10Cinder + Gnome→ Gnomes11Earth + Gnomes→ Dwarves12Dwarves + Fire→ Smelting

Other ways to make Smelting

3 combinations are known to produce Smelting. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Smelting
FirstSecondResult
DwarvesFireSmelting
OreSwamp FireSmelting
CraftingMeltSmelting

What you can make with Smelting

Smelting at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
14
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Smelting in Infinite Craft?

Combine Dwarves with Fire. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Smelting?

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

Is Smelting hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 12 steps it is longer than 58% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Smelting?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Smelting, 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.