How to make 😱 Nightmare in Infinite Craft

How to make 😱 Nightmare — 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. Earth + Wind = DustBoth Earth and Wind come straight from your starting elements — craft Dust first, everything else in this chain depends on it.
2. Dust + Wind = SandstormSandstorm is a stepping stone — keep it in your inventory, later steps build directly on it.
3. Earth + Sandstorm = DuneIf you already made Dune in an earlier session you can skip this one and move on.
4. Earth + Earth = MountainOne quick craft for Mountain: drag Earth onto Earth and keep the result for the chain.
5. Mountain + Wind = AvalancheAvalanche is only needed as an ingredient — make it once, don't farm extra copies.
6. Earth + Water = PlantPlant is a stepping stone — keep it in your inventory, later steps build directly on it.
7. Avalanche + Plant = SnowmanIf you already made Snowman in an earlier session you can skip this one and move on.
8. Dune + Snowman = SandmanOne quick craft for Sandman: drag Dune onto Snowman and keep the result for the chain.
9. Dust + Sandman = SleepSleep is only needed as an ingredient — make it once, don't farm extra copies.
10. Fire + Sleep = NightmareFinal craft: combine Fire and Sleep to make Nightmare. That's the whole path — 10 crafts total.

✓ Last verified October 2026 · 10 total crafts

Why this is the cheapest path to Nightmare

We rank every known recipe for Nightmare by total crafts from the four starting elements, not just by the final combination. The two direct ingredients — Fire and Sleep — cost 1 and 11 crafts to build from scratch, which is why the whole chain above needs only 10 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 Nightmare

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

What can you make with Nightmare?

Nightmare is a busy ingredient. In the community dataset it shows up in dozens of downstream recipes: pair it with Sandstorm and you get Dust; pair it with Dust Bowl and you get Dust; pair it with Wind and you get Tornado; pair it with Super Tornado and you get Tornado; pair it with Che Tornado and you get Tornado; pair it with Lava and you get Volcano. Crafted items are never consumed, so one copy keeps working.

Tips for crafting Nightmare

• Craft in one sitting. The 10-craft chain for Nightmare 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 Sandstorm) already — skip straight to the first step you can't do.
• Missing an ingredient? Check the alternatives table — e.g. Dream + Fire also produces Nightmare if that route fits your inventory better.

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