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How to Make Why in Infinite Craft

Why is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 13 combinations to get there, and the final one is Chicken plus Road. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

ChickenRoadWhy

Long13 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 1558 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 13 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2LakeWaterOcean
  3. 3OceanWaterFish
  4. 4FishWindFlying Fish
  5. 5EarthFlying FishBird
  6. 6BirdEarthChicken
  7. 7EarthEarthMountain
  8. 8FireWaterSteam
  9. 9FireSteamEngine
  10. 10EarthEngineTractor
  11. 11MountainTractorBulldozer
  12. 12BulldozerMountainRoad
  13. 13ChickenRoadWhy
Crafting tree
1Water + Waterโ†’ Lake2Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean3Ocean + Waterโ†’ Fish4Fish + Windโ†’ Flying Fish5Earth + Flying Fishโ†’ Bird6Bird + Earthโ†’ Chicken7Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain8Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam9Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine10Earth + Engineโ†’ Tractor11Mountain + Tractorโ†’ Bulldozer12Bulldozer + Mountainโ†’ Road13Chicken + Roadโ†’ Why

Other ways to make Why

58 combinations are known to produce Why. Here are 25 of them.

What you can make with Why

Why at a glance

Steps to craft
13
Long
Crafting depth
15
longer than 68% of solved elements
Known recipes
58
ways to make it
Used in
183
other combinations

Other elements that take 13 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Why in Infinite Craft?

Combine Chicken with Road. The full path from the base elements takes 13 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Why?

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

Is Why hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 13 steps it is longer than 68% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Why?

Yes. 58 combinations are known to produce Why, 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.