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How to Make Excellent Shovel in Infinite Craft

Excellent Shovel is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 40 combinations to get there, and the final one is Excellent Shove plus Letters. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Excellent ShoveLettersExcellent Shovel

Marathon40 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 80

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 40 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthWindDust
  7. 7DustFireAsh
  8. 8AshTreePencil
  9. 9BookPencilHomework
  10. 10PlantWaterSwamp
  11. 11SwampTreeMangrove
  12. 12DustEarthPlanet
  13. 13DustWindSandstorm
  14. 14PlanetSandstormMars
  15. 15MangroveMarsMangalyaan
  16. 16FireWindSmoke
  17. 17PlantSmokeIncense
  18. 18IncenseSmokePrayer
  19. 19MangalyaanPrayerSuccess
  20. 20HomeworkSuccessExcellence
  21. 21EarthSandstormDune
  22. 22DunePlanetTatooine
  23. 23PlantTatooineYoda
  24. 24WindYodaForce
  25. 25WaterWaterLake
  26. 26LakeWaterOcean
  27. 27OceanWaterFish
  28. 28FishWindFlying Fish
  29. 29EarthFlying FishBird
  30. 30BirdWaterPenguin
  31. 31ForcePenguinPush
  32. 32PushPushShove
  33. 33ExcellenceShoveExcellent Shove
  34. 34EarthRiverDelta
  35. 35BookDeltaAlphabet
  36. 36PlantWindDandelion
  37. 37FireFireVolcano
  38. 38DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  39. 39AlphabetFireworksLetters
  40. 40Excellent ShoveLettersExcellent Shovel
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + Wind→ Dust7Dust + Fire→ Ash8Ash + Tree→ Pencil9Book + Pencil→ Homework10Plant + Water→ Swamp11Swamp + Tree→ Mangrove12Dust + Earth→ Planet13Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm14Planet + Sandstorm→ Mars15Mangrove + Mars→ Mangalyaan16Fire + Wind→ Smoke17Plant + Smoke→ Incense18Incense + Smoke→ Prayer19Mangalyaan + Prayer→ Success20Homework + Success→ Excellence21Earth + Sandstorm→ Dune22Dune + Planet→ Tatooine23Plant + Tatooine→ Yoda24Wind + Yoda→ Force25Water + Water→ Lake26Lake + Water→ Ocean27Ocean + Water→ Fish28Fish + Wind→ Flying Fish29Earth + Flying Fish→ Bird30Bird + Water→ Penguin31Force + Penguin→ Push32Push + Push→ Shove33Excellence + Shove→ Excellent Shove34Earth + River→ Delta35Book + Delta→ Alphabet36Plant + Wind→ Dandelion37Fire + Fire→ Volcano38Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks39Alphabet + Fireworks→ Letters40Excellent Shove + Letters→ Excellent Shovel

Excellent Shovel at a glance

Steps to craft
40
Marathon
Crafting depth
80
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 40 steps

Similar effort to Excellent Shovel, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Excellent Shovel in Infinite Craft?

Combine Excellent Shove with Letters. The full path from the base elements takes 40 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Excellent Shovel?

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

Is Excellent Shovel hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 40 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Excellent Shovel?

Only one known combination produces Excellent Shovel.

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