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How to Make Grue in Infinite Craft

Grue is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 26 combinations to get there, and the final one is Gru plus Letters. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

GruLettersGrue

Marathon26 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 625 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 26 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2EarthSteamMud
  3. 3FireMudBrick
  4. 4BrickWindHouse
  5. 5EarthEarthMountain
  6. 6HouseMountainCave
  7. 7CaveEarthMine
  8. 8EarthWaterPlant
  9. 9PlantWindDandelion
  10. 10DandelionDandelionDandelion Patch
  11. 11Dandelion PatchWindSeeds
  12. 12FireSeedsPopcorn
  13. 13MountainPopcornMovie
  14. 14MineMovieMinion
  15. 15MinionMovieDespicable Me
  16. 16Despicable MeMinionGru
  17. 17EarthPlantTree
  18. 18TreeWaterRiver
  19. 19RiverTreePaper
  20. 20PaperPlantBook
  21. 21EarthRiverDelta
  22. 22BookDeltaAlphabet
  23. 23FireFireVolcano
  24. 24DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  25. 25AlphabetFireworksLetters
  26. 26GruLettersGrue
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Earth + Steam→ Mud3Fire + Mud→ Brick4Brick + Wind→ House5Earth + Earth→ Mountain6House + Mountain→ Cave7Cave + Earth→ Mine8Earth + Water→ Plant9Plant + Wind→ Dandelion10Dandelion + Dandelion→ Dandelion Patch11Dandelion Patch + Wind→ Seeds12Fire + Seeds→ Popcorn13Mountain + Popcorn→ Movie14Mine + Movie→ Minion15Minion + Movie→ Despicable Me16Despicable Me + Minion→ Gru17Earth + Plant→ Tree18Tree + Water→ River19River + Tree→ Paper20Paper + Plant→ Book21Earth + River→ Delta22Book + Delta→ Alphabet23Fire + Fire→ Volcano24Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks25Alphabet + Fireworks→ Letters26Gru + Letters→ Grue

Other ways to make Grue

5 combinations are known to produce Grue. Here are 5 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Grue
FirstSecondResult
GruLettersGrue
GruLessGrue
GruSimilarGrue
GrRUGrue
GruPast TenseGrue

Grue at a glance

Steps to craft
26
Marathon
Crafting depth
62
longer than 92% of solved elements
Known recipes
5
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 26 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Grue in Infinite Craft?

Combine Gru with Letters. The full path from the base elements takes 26 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Grue?

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

Is Grue hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 26 steps it is longer than 92% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Grue?

Yes. 5 combinations are known to produce Grue, 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.