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How to Make Essentials in Infinite Craft

Essentials is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 50 combinations to get there, and the final one is Essential plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

EssentialPluralEssentials

Marathon50 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 69

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 50 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthRiverDelta
  7. 7BookDeltaAlphabet
  8. 8PlantWindDandelion
  9. 9FireFireVolcano
  10. 10DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  11. 11AlphabetFireworksLetters
  12. 12FireWaterSteam
  13. 13EarthSteamMud
  14. 14FireMudBrick
  15. 15BrickWindHouse
  16. 16HouseHouseTown
  17. 17TownWaterPort
  18. 18WaterWindWave
  19. 19EarthWaveSand
  20. 20FireSandGlass
  21. 21FireGlassLens
  22. 22EarthWindDust
  23. 23DustEarthPlanet
  24. 24FirePlanetSun
  25. 25LensSunSunburn
  26. 26SunburnWaterTan
  27. 27PortTanPortant
  28. 28LettersPortantImportant
  29. 29FireSteamEngine
  30. 30DustEngineVacuum
  31. 31FireVacuumBlack Hole
  32. 32Black HoleEarthHole
  33. 33HoleWaterWell
  34. 34ImportantWellEssential
  35. 35WindWindTornado
  36. 36TornadoWaterTsunami
  37. 37EarthTsunamiIsland
  38. 38EarthIslandContinent
  39. 39SteamWaveSurf
  40. 40ContinentSurfAustralia
  41. 41EarthEarthMountain
  42. 42MountainWindAvalanche
  43. 43AvalancheWindSnow
  44. 44AustraliaSnowNo
  45. 45WaterWaterLake
  46. 46LakeWaterOcean
  47. 47NoOceanNot
  48. 48Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  49. 49NotSingularityPlural
  50. 50EssentialPluralEssentials
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + River→ Delta7Book + Delta→ Alphabet8Plant + Wind→ Dandelion9Fire + Fire→ Volcano10Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks11Alphabet + Fireworks→ Letters12Fire + Water→ Steam13Earth + Steam→ Mud14Fire + Mud→ Brick15Brick + Wind→ House16House + House→ Town17Town + Water→ Port18Water + Wind→ Wave19Earth + Wave→ Sand20Fire + Sand→ Glass21Fire + Glass→ Lens22Earth + Wind→ Dust23Dust + Earth→ Planet24Fire + Planet→ Sun25Lens + Sun→ Sunburn26Sunburn + Water→ Tan27Port + Tan→ Portant28Letters + Portant→ Important29Fire + Steam→ Engine30Dust + Engine→ Vacuum31Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole32Black Hole + Earth→ Hole33Hole + Water→ Well34Important + Well→ Essential35Wind + Wind→ Tornado36Tornado + Water→ Tsunami37Earth + Tsunami→ Island38Earth + Island→ Continent39Steam + Wave→ Surf40Continent + Surf→ Australia41Earth + Earth→ Mountain42Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche43Avalanche + Wind→ Snow44Australia + Snow→ No45Water + Water→ Lake46Lake + Water→ Ocean47No + Ocean→ Not48Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity49Not + Singularity→ Plural50Essential + Plural→ Essentials

Essentials at a glance

Steps to craft
50
Marathon
Crafting depth
69
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 50 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Essentials in Infinite Craft?

Combine Essential with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 50 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Essentials?

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

Is Essentials hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 50 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Essentials?

Only one known combination produces Essentials.

Path verified against the open recipe graph on . Method described in our methodology, data credited on data sources.