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How to Make We Didn’t Start the Fire in Infinite Craft

We Didn’t Start the Fire is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 34 combinations to get there, and the final one is Billy Joel plus Future Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Billy JoelFuture TenseWe Didn’t Start the Fire

Marathon34 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 68

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 34 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthFireLava
  2. 2LavaWaterStone
  3. 3LavaStoneObsidian
  4. 4EarthObsidianDiamond
  5. 5EarthWindDust
  6. 6EarthWaterPlant
  7. 7EarthPlantTree
  8. 8DustTreeWood
  9. 9DiamondWoodPiano
  10. 10PianoPianoGrand Piano
  11. 11WindWindTornado
  12. 12Grand PianoTornadoPiano Man
  13. 13PianoPiano ManBilly Joel
  14. 14DustFireAsh
  15. 15FireWaterSteam
  16. 16FireSteamEngine
  17. 17EarthEngineTractor
  18. 18EarthTractorFarm
  19. 19FarmFireBarbecue
  20. 20AshBarbecueBurger
  21. 21BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  22. 22DustEngineVacuum
  23. 23FireVacuumBlack Hole
  24. 24Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  25. 25Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  26. 26PlantSteamTea
  27. 27EngineWindWindmill
  28. 28TeaWindmillDutch
  29. 29DustEarthPlanet
  30. 30FirePlanetSun
  31. 31SunTime MachineFuture
  32. 32DutchFutureTense
  33. 33Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  34. 34Billy JoelFuture TenseWe Didn’t Start the Fire
Crafting tree
1Earth + Fire→ Lava2Lava + Water→ Stone3Lava + Stone→ Obsidian4Earth + Obsidian→ Diamond5Earth + Wind→ Dust6Earth + Water→ Plant7Earth + Plant→ Tree8Dust + Tree→ Wood9Diamond + Wood→ Piano10Piano + Piano→ Grand Piano11Wind + Wind→ Tornado12Grand Piano + Tornado→ Piano Man13Piano + Piano Man→ Billy Joel14Dust + Fire→ Ash15Fire + Water→ Steam16Fire + Steam→ Engine17Earth + Engine→ Tractor18Earth + Tractor→ Farm19Farm + Fire→ Barbecue20Ash + Barbecue→ Burger21Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger22Dust + Engine→ Vacuum23Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole24Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine25Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger26Plant + Steam→ Tea27Engine + Wind→ Windmill28Tea + Windmill→ Dutch29Dust + Earth→ Planet30Fire + Planet→ Sun31Sun + Time Machine→ Future32Dutch + Future→ Tense33Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense34Billy Joel + Future Tense→ We Didn’t Start the Fire

We Didn’t Start the Fire at a glance

Steps to craft
34
Marathon
Crafting depth
68
longer than 96% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make We Didn’t Start the Fire in Infinite Craft?

Combine Billy Joel with Future Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 34 steps.

How many steps does it take to make We Didn’t Start the Fire?

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

Is We Didn’t Start the Fire hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 34 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make We Didn’t Start the Fire?

Only one known combination produces We Didn’t Start the Fire.

Path verified against the open recipe graph on . Method described in our methodology, data credited on data sources.