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How to Make Dear John in Infinite Craft

Dear John is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 32 combinations to get there, and the final one is Debbie Downer plus Letters. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Debbie DownerLettersDear John

Marathon32 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 504 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 32 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3EarthFireLava
  4. 4LavaWaterStone
  5. 5PlantStoneFossil
  6. 6FireFossilDinosaur
  7. 7EarthWindDust
  8. 8DustWindSandstorm
  9. 9EarthPlantTree
  10. 10DustTreeWood
  11. 11SandstormWoodSandal
  12. 12DinosaurSandalThesaurus
  13. 13LakeThesaurusSynonym
  14. 14PlantWindDandelion
  15. 15DandelionPlantWeed
  16. 16DandelionWeedMarijuana
  17. 17DandelionDandelionDandelion Patch
  18. 18FireWaterSteam
  19. 19SteamWindCloud
  20. 20CloudWaterRain
  21. 21Dandelion PatchRainWet Dandelion Patch
  22. 22MarijuanaWet Dandelion PatchWet Blanket
  23. 23SynonymWet BlanketDebbie Downer
  24. 24TreeWaterRiver
  25. 25RiverTreePaper
  26. 26PaperPlantBook
  27. 27EarthRiverDelta
  28. 28BookDeltaAlphabet
  29. 29FireFireVolcano
  30. 30DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  31. 31AlphabetFireworksLetters
  32. 32Debbie DownerLettersDear John
Crafting tree
1Water + Water→ Lake2Earth + Water→ Plant3Earth + Fire→ Lava4Lava + Water→ Stone5Plant + Stone→ Fossil6Fire + Fossil→ Dinosaur7Earth + Wind→ Dust8Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm9Earth + Plant→ Tree10Dust + Tree→ Wood11Sandstorm + Wood→ Sandal12Dinosaur + Sandal→ Thesaurus13Lake + Thesaurus→ Synonym14Plant + Wind→ Dandelion15Dandelion + Plant→ Weed16Dandelion + Weed→ Marijuana17Dandelion + Dandelion→ Dandelion Patch18Fire + Water→ Steam19Steam + Wind→ Cloud20Cloud + Water→ Rain21Dandelion Patch + Rain→ Wet Dandelion Patch22Marijuana + Wet Dandelion Patch→ Wet Blanket23Synonym + Wet Blanket→ Debbie Downer24Tree + Water→ River25River + Tree→ Paper26Paper + Plant→ Book27Earth + River→ Delta28Book + Delta→ Alphabet29Fire + Fire→ Volcano30Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks31Alphabet + Fireworks→ Letters32Debbie Downer + Letters→ Dear John

Other ways to make Dear John

4 combinations are known to produce Dear John. Here are 4 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Dear John
FirstSecondResult
Debbie DownerLettersDear John
Deere JohnPast TenseDear John
Deere JohnInitialsDear John
DearherInitialsDear John

Dear John at a glance

Steps to craft
32
Marathon
Crafting depth
50
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
4
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 32 steps

Similar effort to Dear John, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Dear John in Infinite Craft?

Combine Debbie Downer with Letters. The full path from the base elements takes 32 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Dear John?

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

Is Dear John hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 32 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Dear John?

Yes. 4 combinations are known to produce Dear John, 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.