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How to Make Hires in Infinite Craft

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

The final combination

HirePluralHires

Marathon40 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 56

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3PlantWindDandelion
  4. 4DandelionPlantWeed
  5. 5DustWeedClean
  6. 6DustEarthPlanet
  7. 7FirePlanetSun
  8. 8FireSunSolar
  9. 9PlantSolarOxygen
  10. 10OxygenWaterHydrogen
  11. 11DandelionHydrogenHelium
  12. 12CleanHeliumHe
  13. 13FireWindSmoke
  14. 14SmokeWeedHigh
  15. 15DustFireAsh
  16. 16AshFirePhoenix
  17. 17AshPhoenixRebirth
  18. 18HighRebirthHigher
  19. 19HeHigherHire
  20. 20WindWindTornado
  21. 21TornadoWaterTsunami
  22. 22EarthTsunamiIsland
  23. 23EarthIslandContinent
  24. 24FireWaterSteam
  25. 25WaterWindWave
  26. 26SteamWaveSurf
  27. 27ContinentSurfAustralia
  28. 28EarthEarthMountain
  29. 29MountainWindAvalanche
  30. 30AvalancheWindSnow
  31. 31AustraliaSnowNo
  32. 32WaterWaterLake
  33. 33LakeWaterOcean
  34. 34NoOceanNot
  35. 35FireSteamEngine
  36. 36DustEngineVacuum
  37. 37FireVacuumBlack Hole
  38. 38Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  39. 39NotSingularityPlural
  40. 40HirePluralHires
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Earth + Water→ Plant3Plant + Wind→ Dandelion4Dandelion + Plant→ Weed5Dust + Weed→ Clean6Dust + Earth→ Planet7Fire + Planet→ Sun8Fire + Sun→ Solar9Plant + Solar→ Oxygen10Oxygen + Water→ Hydrogen11Dandelion + Hydrogen→ Helium12Clean + Helium→ He13Fire + Wind→ Smoke14Smoke + Weed→ High15Dust + Fire→ Ash16Ash + Fire→ Phoenix17Ash + Phoenix→ Rebirth18High + Rebirth→ Higher19He + Higher→ Hire20Wind + Wind→ Tornado21Tornado + Water→ Tsunami22Earth + Tsunami→ Island23Earth + Island→ Continent24Fire + Water→ Steam25Water + Wind→ Wave26Steam + Wave→ Surf27Continent + Surf→ Australia28Earth + Earth→ Mountain29Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche30Avalanche + Wind→ Snow31Australia + Snow→ No32Water + Water→ Lake33Lake + Water→ Ocean34No + Ocean→ Not35Fire + Steam→ Engine36Dust + Engine→ Vacuum37Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole38Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity39Not + Singularity→ Plural40Hire + Plural→ Hires

What you can make with Hires

Hires at a glance

Steps to craft
40
Marathon
Crafting depth
56
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
2
other combinations

Other elements that take 40 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hires in Infinite Craft?

Combine Hire with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 40 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hires?

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

Is Hires 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 Hires?

Only one known combination produces Hires.

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