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How to Make Thorny Issue in Infinite Craft

Thorny Issue 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 Catholic Church plus Rosebush.

The final combination

Catholic ChurchRosebushThorny Issue

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 224 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2PlantWindDandelion
  3. 3DandelionWaterWine
  4. 4WaterWineHoly Water
  5. 5Holy WaterWineCatholic Church
  6. 6DandelionPlantWeed
  7. 7WeedWeedBush
  8. 8DandelionEarthFlower
  9. 9EarthEarthMountain
  10. 10FlowerMountainRose
  11. 11BushRoseRosebush
  12. 12Catholic ChurchRosebushThorny Issue
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Plant + Wind→ Dandelion3Dandelion + Water→ Wine4Water + Wine→ Holy Water5Holy Water + Wine→ Catholic Church6Dandelion + Plant→ Weed7Weed + Weed→ Bush8Dandelion + Earth→ Flower9Earth + Earth→ Mountain10Flower + Mountain→ Rose11Bush + Rose→ Rosebush12Catholic Church + Rosebush→ Thorny Issue

Other ways to make Thorny Issue

4 combinations are known to produce Thorny Issue. Here are 4 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Thorny Issue
FirstSecondResult
Black RoseCongressThorny Issue
Air PollutionPrickly PeteThorny Issue
Catholic ChurchRosebushThorny Issue
EmailPrickly PairThorny Issue

Thorny Issue at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
22
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
4
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

Similar effort to Thorny Issue, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Thorny Issue in Infinite Craft?

Combine Catholic Church with Rosebush. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Thorny Issue?

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

Is Thorny Issue 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 Thorny Issue?

Yes. 4 combinations are known to produce Thorny Issue, 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.