How to make 💫 22 in Infinite Craft

How to make 💫 22 — step by step

The cheapest known path. Craft each step in order — every ingredient is either a basic element or something you make earlier in this list.

1. Water + Water = LakeBoth Water and Water come straight from your starting elements — craft Lake first, everything else in this chain depends on it.
2. Fire + Fire = VolcanoVolcano is a stepping stone — keep it in your inventory, later steps build directly on it.
3. Lake + Volcano = IslandIf you already made Island in an earlier session you can skip this one and move on.
4. Fire + Wind = SmokeOne quick craft for Smoke: drag Fire onto Wind and keep the result for the chain.
5. Earth + Fire = LavaLava is only needed as an ingredient — make it once, don't farm extra copies.
6. Earth + Lava = StoneStone is a stepping stone — keep it in your inventory, later steps build directly on it.
7. Smoke + Stone = StatueIf you already made Statue in an earlier session you can skip this one and move on.
8. Island + Statue = Statue of LibertyOne quick craft for Statue of Liberty: drag Island onto Statue and keep the result for the chain.
9. Earth + Statue of Liberty = New YorkNew York is only needed as an ingredient — make it once, don't farm extra copies.
10. Fire + New York = 9/119/11 is a stepping stone — keep it in your inventory, later steps build directly on it.
11. Earth + Water = PlantIf you already made Plant in an earlier session you can skip this one and move on.
12. Plant + Wind = DandelionOne quick craft for Dandelion: drag Plant onto Wind and keep the result for the chain.
13. 9/11 + Dandelion = 9/129/12 is only needed as an ingredient — make it once, don't farm extra copies.
14. 9/12 + Earth = 1111 is a stepping stone — keep it in your inventory, later steps build directly on it.
15. Fire + Water = SteamIf you already made Steam in an earlier session you can skip this one and move on.
16. 11 + Steam = 22Final craft: combine 11 and Steam to make 22. That's the whole path — 16 crafts total.

✓ Last verified October 2026 · 16 total crafts

Why this is the cheapest path to 22

We rank every known recipe for 22 by total crafts from the four starting elements, not just by the final combination. The two direct ingredients — 11 and Steam — cost 15 and 2 crafts to build from scratch, which is why the whole chain above needs only 16 crafts. The alternatives in the table below are ranked the same way: their "approx. cost" is the pricier ingredient plus one, so you can see at a glance which route actually saves you crafts — and which ones quietly waste five.

Alternative combinations for 22

Any valid combo works — pick the ingredients you already have.

What can you make with 22?

22 is a busy ingredient. In the community dataset it shows up in dozens of downstream recipes: pair it with Black Hole and you get 42; pair it with Moses and you get 42; pair it with Sinking and you get 21; pair it with Tornado and you get 2012; pair it with Sandstorm and you get 2012; pair it with Hurricane and you get 2020. Crafted items are never consumed, so one copy keeps working.

Tips for crafting 22

• Craft in one sitting. The 16-craft chain for 22 takes under two minutes once you know the route — the list above is already in dependency order, so just go top to bottom.
• Reuse your inventory. If you've played before you probably own the early intermediates (like Volcano) already — skip straight to the first step you can't do.
• Missing an ingredient? Check the alternatives table — e.g. 11 + Rock also produces 22 if that route fits your inventory better.

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