Infinite Craft is the latest element-combining game that takes an incredibly simple premise — combining the four essential elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water to create new objects and elements — and brings it to entirely new heights. Utilizing an AI to create inventive combinations and categories, Infinite Craft has hundreds of thousands of possible combinations and solutions to reach almost any creation that players can think of.
With such a huge pool of creations, finding the exact combination you'll need to create a specific result can be difficult. With multiple solutions, one player might create the desired answer in five moves, and another may take 50. But that's the beauty of using AI to learn and grow the game.
How, then, can a player make a specific video game character like Zelda? Or perhaps the AI considers this to be the shorthand name for the franchise at large? In any case, we've found the most efficient way to create Zelda in Infinite Craft and are here to walk you through every step of the process.
How to Make Zelda in Infinite Craft
This one's a bit funny because the 14 steps to crafting Zelda ends with combining Mario and Link to get Zelda. It doesn't make much literal sense, but the AI is associating three of the most popular Nintendo characters in this. As always, we'll start with the basic elements and build the more complex ingredients needed. The process is basically this: craft Plant and Tsunami separately, then use both as part of a crafting chain to make Mario. Then you'll need Mario to make Link and Mario yet again to get Zelda. Let's get started.
How to Make Plant in Infinite Craft
It's a pretty common early-game building block you may have already unlocked, but in case you need a reminder, to get Plant, you combine Earth and Water.
How to Make Tsunami in Infinite Craft
Next up is Tsunami, a deceptively simple and highly destructive force of nature that the AI recognizes as a really big wave. Add Wind to Water to get Wave, and then combine two Waves to get Tsunami.
How to Make Mario in Infinite Craft
Mario sure does love his mushrooms, so it makes a lot of sense that the recipe for Nintendo's mascot involves a Mushroom. Generate Smoke by combining Fire and Wind, then add some Water to the Smoke for Fog. Combining Fog with your Plant from before is how you get Mushroom. Lastly, combine Mushroom and your Tsunami to get Mario. Wa-hoo!
How to Make Link in Infinite Craft
To craft Link, you have to give Mario a sword in six steps. Start by combining Earth and Fire to make Lava, then add Water to that to make Stone. Add more Lava to the Stone to get Obsidian. Add more Stone to the Obsidian to get Blade. Combining two Blades will get you a bonafide Sword that you can then give to Mario, which will generate Link.
Making Zelda in Infinite Craft
All that's left to do is combine Mario and Link to create Zelda. Why?
While the above image does look like a rundown of combatants we might see in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the route this recipe takes makes a surprising amount of sense. Nintendo's two biggest franchises are easily Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. And because Mario is the company mascot, it makes sense that he'd be the focal point here. It's unclear why you need Tsunami to get to Mario, but using Mushroom is an inspired choice.
This one is the fastest way to craft "Link" alone, meaning that the Infinite Craft AI sees the video game character as a more viable crafting pattern than something like a chainlink fence or even the links between people. Even the way to generate a Sword is really interesting, essentially refining raw materials just like how a blacksmith would craft a sword in real life — except Obsidian is only suitable for slaying White Walkers. For a sword, Obsidian is quite fragile despite being super-sharp.
In any case, you can almost sense the conversation between the user and the game's AI: "Who's like Mario but with a Sword?" The answer is Link! But throwing Mario back into the mix is like saying, "close but please try again" to which the AI replies, "Zelda."
Take a look at the table below for a step-by-step breakdown of how to craft Zelda by first making Plant, Tsunami, Mario, and then Link.
| Item 1 | Item 2 | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Earth | + | Water | = | Plant |
| 2. | Water | + | Wind | = | Wave |
| 3. | Wave | + | Wave | = | Tsunami |
| 4. | Fire | + | Wind | = | Smoke |
| 5. | Smoke | + | Water | = | Fog |
| 6. | Fog | + | Plant | = | Mushroom |
| 7. | Mushroom | + | Tsunami | = | Mario |
| 8. | Earth | + | Fire | = | Lava |
| 9. | Lava | + | Water | = | Stone |
| 10. | Lava | + | Stone | = | Obsidian |
| 11. | Obsidian | + | Stone | = | Blade |
| 12. | Blade | + | Blade | = | Sword |
| 13. | Mario | + | Sword | = | Link |
| 14. | Link | + | Mario | = | Zelda |
