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How to Make Buttonholes in Infinite Craft

Buttonholes is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 36 combinations to get there, and the final one is Buttons plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

ButtonsPluralButtonholes

Marathon36 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 672 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 36 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3FireSandGlass
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5SteamWindCloud
  6. 6CloudFireLightning
  7. 7GlassLightningLight Bulb
  8. 8EarthFireLava
  9. 9LavaWaterStone
  10. 10LavaStoneObsidian
  11. 11Light BulbObsidianRedstone
  12. 12EarthSteamMud
  13. 13FireMudBrick
  14. 14BrickBrickWall
  15. 15RedstoneWallButton
  16. 16WindWindTornado
  17. 17TornadoWaterTsunami
  18. 18EarthTsunamiIsland
  19. 19EarthIslandContinent
  20. 20SteamWaveSurf
  21. 21ContinentSurfAustralia
  22. 22EarthEarthMountain
  23. 23MountainWindAvalanche
  24. 24AvalancheWindSnow
  25. 25AustraliaSnowNo
  26. 26WaterWaterLake
  27. 27LakeWaterOcean
  28. 28NoOceanNot
  29. 29EarthWindDust
  30. 30FireSteamEngine
  31. 31DustEngineVacuum
  32. 32FireVacuumBlack Hole
  33. 33Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  34. 34NotSingularityPlural
  35. 35ButtonPluralButtons
  36. 36ButtonsPluralButtonholes
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Fire + Sand→ Glass4Fire + Water→ Steam5Steam + Wind→ Cloud6Cloud + Fire→ Lightning7Glass + Lightning→ Light Bulb8Earth + Fire→ Lava9Lava + Water→ Stone10Lava + Stone→ Obsidian11Light Bulb + Obsidian→ Redstone12Earth + Steam→ Mud13Fire + Mud→ Brick14Brick + Brick→ Wall15Redstone + Wall→ Button16Wind + Wind→ Tornado17Tornado + Water→ Tsunami18Earth + Tsunami→ Island19Earth + Island→ Continent20Steam + Wave→ Surf21Continent + Surf→ Australia22Earth + Earth→ Mountain23Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche24Avalanche + Wind→ Snow25Australia + Snow→ No26Water + Water→ Lake27Lake + Water→ Ocean28No + Ocean→ Not29Earth + Wind→ Dust30Fire + Steam→ Engine31Dust + Engine→ Vacuum32Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole33Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity34Not + Singularity→ Plural35Button + Plural→ Buttons36Buttons + Plural→ Buttonholes

Other ways to make Buttonholes

2 combinations are known to produce Buttonholes. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Buttonholes
FirstSecondResult
ButtonsPluralButtonholes
ButtonholePluralButtonholes

Buttonholes at a glance

Steps to craft
36
Marathon
Crafting depth
67
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 36 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Buttonholes in Infinite Craft?

Combine Buttons with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 36 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Buttonholes?

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

Is Buttonholes hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 36 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Buttonholes?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Buttonholes, 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.