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How to Make Des Moines in Infinite Craft

Des Moines is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 17 combinations to get there, and the final one is City plus Iowa. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CityIowaDes Moines

Long17 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 283 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 17 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EarthEngineTractor
  4. 4EarthTractorFarm
  5. 5FarmFarmVillage
  6. 6EarthVillageCity
  7. 7EarthWaterPlant
  8. 8PlantWindDandelion
  9. 9DandelionWaterWine
  10. 10WindWineBalloon
  11. 11BalloonFirePop
  12. 12PopWineChampagne
  13. 13WaterWaterLake
  14. 14ChampagneLakeLake Champlain
  15. 15FireLake ChamplainBurlington
  16. 16BalloonBurlingtonIowa
  17. 17CityIowaDes Moines
Crafting tree
1Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam2Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine3Earth + Engineโ†’ Tractor4Earth + Tractorโ†’ Farm5Farm + Farmโ†’ Village6Earth + Villageโ†’ City7Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant8Plant + Windโ†’ Dandelion9Dandelion + Waterโ†’ Wine10Wind + Wineโ†’ Balloon11Balloon + Fireโ†’ Pop12Pop + Wineโ†’ Champagne13Water + Waterโ†’ Lake14Champagne + Lakeโ†’ Lake Champlain15Fire + Lake Champlainโ†’ Burlington16Balloon + Burlingtonโ†’ Iowa17City + Iowaโ†’ Des Moines

Other ways to make Des Moines

3 combinations are known to produce Des Moines. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Des Moines
FirstSecondResult
CityIowaDes Moines
IowaMud CityDes Moines
Cedar RapidsOppositeDes Moines

Des Moines at a glance

Steps to craft
17
Long
Crafting depth
28
longer than 81% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 17 steps

Similar effort to Des Moines, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Des Moines in Infinite Craft?

Combine City with Iowa. The full path from the base elements takes 17 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Des Moines?

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

Is Des Moines hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 17 steps it is longer than 81% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Des Moines?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Des Moines, 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.