What is the fastest way to get The Answer in Infinite Craft?

The fastest known route is the 14-step path ending in Riddle + The Colossus of Rhodes. Longer routes exist but require more combinations.

How to Make The Answer in Infinite Craft

The Answer is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 14 combinations to get there, and the final one is Riddle plus The Colossus of Rhodes. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

RiddleThe Colossus of RhodesThe Answer

Long14 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 2016 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 14 combinations in order.

1FireWindSmoke
2SmokeWaterFog
3EarthWindDust
4DustWindSandstorm
5EarthFireLava
6LavaWaterStone
7SandstormStoneSphinx
8FogSphinxRiddle
9EarthEarthMountain
10MountainMountainMountain Range
11SmokeStoneStatue
12SmokeStatueOzymandias
13Mountain RangeOzymandiasThe Colossus of Rhodes
14RiddleThe Colossus of RhodesThe Answer

Crafting tree

Alternative combinations that produce The Answer
First	Second	Result
42	Sandwich	The Answer
42	Kermit	The Answer
42	Space Sandwich	The Answer
42	Time Machine	The Answer
42	Star Wars	The Answer
42	Space Cowboy	The Answer
42	Don Quixote	The Answer
42	Shakespeare	The Answer
42	The Return	The Answer
42	The Milky Way	The Answer
Riddle	The Colossus of Rhodes	The Answer
Riddle	Surfing the Solar System	The Answer
Riddle	The Colossus Of Rhodes	The Answer
Riddle	The Universe	The Answer
42	Yoda	The Answer
42	Laugh	The Answer

What you can make with The Answer

The AnswerTime The Question
The AnswerTroll 2 The Answer 2
The AnswerThesaurus The Reply
The AnswerTragic The Tragic Answer
The AnswerThere The Answer Is There
The AnswerThe In A The Answer In A
The AnswerEarth 42
The AnswerJoke The Punchline
The AnswerArt Gallery The Art of the Deal
The AnswerArtificial Artificial Answer
The AnswerCheshire Cat Schrödinger's Cat
The AnswerHackamore Hackamore Willie
The AnswerRenaissance The Renaissance Man
The AnswerSynonym The Riddle
The AnswerAdam and Eve The Apple
The AnswerColonization The Colonization of the Answer
The AnswerEscape Room Escape Room: The Answer
The Answer40 Life, the Universe, and Everything
The AnswerPlural The Answers
The AnswerBegin The Beginning of the Answer
The Answer1,000 1,001
The Answer3:16 5:04
The AnswerLol;Lol the Answer
The Answer1,000,000 1,000,001

The Answer at a glance

Steps to craft: 14; Long
Crafting depth: 20; longer than 73% of solved elements
Known recipes: 16; ways to make it
Used in: 56; other combinations

Other elements that take 14 steps

Similar effort to The Answer, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make The Answer in Infinite Craft?

Combine Riddle with The Colossus of Rhodes. The full path from the base elements takes 14 steps.

How many steps does it take to make The Answer?

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

Is The Answer hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 14 steps it is longer than 73% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make The Answer?

Yes. 16 combinations are known to produce The Answer, and the shortest route is shown above.