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How to Make Vain in Infinite Craft

Vain 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 Dwarf plus Mirror.

The final combination

DwarfMirrorVain

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 1410 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1EarthEarthMountain
  2. 2EarthWindDust
  3. 3WaterWaterLake
  4. 4LakeMountainFjord
  5. 5DustFjordTroll
  6. 6MountainTrollDwarf
  7. 7WaterWindWave
  8. 8EarthWaveSand
  9. 9FireSandGlass
  10. 10FireWaterSteam
  11. 11GlassSteamMirror
  12. 12DwarfMirrorVain
Crafting tree
1Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain2Earth + Windโ†’ Dust3Water + Waterโ†’ Lake4Lake + Mountainโ†’ Fjord5Dust + Fjordโ†’ Troll6Mountain + Trollโ†’ Dwarf7Water + Windโ†’ Wave8Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand9Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass10Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam11Glass + Steamโ†’ Mirror12Dwarf + Mirrorโ†’ Vain

Other ways to make Vain

10 combinations are known to produce Vain. Here are 10 of them.

What you can make with Vain

Vain at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
14
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
10
ways to make it
Used in
9
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Vain in Infinite Craft?

Combine Dwarf with Mirror. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Vain?

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

Is Vain 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 Vain?

Yes. 10 combinations are known to produce Vain, 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.