Home / Recipes / Hopeful π€ How to Make Hopeful in Infinite CraftHopeful is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 33 combinations to get there, and the final one is Antonym plus Hopeless. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.
The final combination
π Antonym+ π Hopeless= π€ Hopeful
Marathon 33 steps from the base elements Β· crafting depth 46 Β· 3 known recipes
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What is worth knowing At 33 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements, which puts it in our marathon band. Only 3 known combinations produce Hopeful, so there is very little room to improvise. Follow the path exactly. Hopeful is close to a dead end. It feeds only 1 onward combination, so it is more of a collectible than a building block. Its crafting depth of 46 is unusually deep. Depth counts the longest chain needed to reach it, and most elements people search for sit well below this. Full crafting path from the base elements Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 33 combinations in order.
1 π Earth+ π§ Water= π± Plant2 π± Plant+ π§ Water= π Swamp3 π Swamp+ π§ Water= πΏ Marsh4 π Earth+ π¨ Wind= π«οΈ Dust5 π«οΈ Dust+ π¨ Wind= πͺοΈ Sandstorm6 πΏ Marsh+ πͺοΈ Sandstorm= π΅ Quicksand7 π₯ Fire+ π§ Water= π¨ Steam8 π΅ Quicksand+ π¨ Steam= π’ Slow9 π₯ Fire+ π’ Slow= π Stop10 π§ Water+ π§ Water= π Lake11 π Earth+ π₯ Fire= π Lava12 π Lava+ π§ Water= πͺ¨ Stone13 π± Plant+ πͺ¨ Stone= 𦴠Fossil14 π₯ Fire+ 𦴠Fossil= π¦ Dinosaur15 π Earth+ π± Plant= π³ Tree16 π«οΈ Dust+ π³ Tree= π² Wood17 πͺοΈ Sandstorm+ π² Wood= π‘ Sandal18 π¦ Dinosaur+ π‘ Sandal= π Thesaurus19 π Lake+ π Thesaurus= π Synonym20 π Stop+ π Synonym= π Antonym21 π₯ Fire+ π¨ Wind= π¨ Smoke22 π¨ Smoke+ π§ Water= π«οΈ Fog23 π³ Tree+ π§ Water= π River24 π River+ π³ Tree= π Paper25 π Earth+ π Paper= πΊοΈ Map26 π«οΈ Fog+ πΊοΈ Map= π² Lost27 π§ Water+ π¨ Wind= π Wave28 π¨ Steam+ π Wave= π Surf29 π Surf+ π¨ Wind= π Surfing30 πͺ¨ Stone+ π Surfing= π₯οΈ Skimming31 π₯οΈ Skimming+ πͺ¨ Stone= πΊ Skipping32 π² Lost+ πΊ Skipping= π Hopeless33 π Antonym+ π Hopeless= π€ HopefulCrafting tree 1 Earth + Water β Plant 2 Plant + Water β Swamp 3 Swamp + Water β Marsh 4 Earth + Wind β Dust 5 Dust + Wind β Sandstorm 6 Marsh + Sandstorm β Quicksand 7 Fire + Water β Steam 8 Quicksand + Steam β Slow 9 Fire + Slow β Stop 10 Water + Water β Lake 11 Earth + Fire β Lava 12 Lava + Water β Stone 13 Plant + Stone β Fossil 14 Fire + Fossil β Dinosaur 15 Earth + Plant β Tree 16 Dust + Tree β Wood 17 Sandstorm + Wood β Sandal 18 Dinosaur + Sandal β Thesaurus 19 Lake + Thesaurus β Synonym 20 Stop + Synonym β Antonym 21 Fire + Wind β Smoke 22 Smoke + Water β Fog 23 Tree + Water β River 24 River + Tree β Paper 25 Earth + Paper β Map 26 Fog + Map β Lost 27 Water + Wind β Wave 28 Steam + Wave β Surf 29 Surf + Wind β Surfing 30 Stone + Surfing β Skimming 31 Skimming + Stone β Skipping 32 Lost + Skipping β Hopeless 33 Antonym + Hopeless β Hopeful
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Other ways to make Hopeful 3 combinations are known to produce Hopeful. Here are 3 of them.
What you can make with Hopeful Hopeful at a glance
Steps to craft 33 Marathon
Crafting depth 46 longer than 96% of solved elements
Known recipes 3 ways to make it
Used in 1 other combinations Other elements that take 33 steps Similar effort to Hopeful, if you want something else to chase.
Frequently asked questions How do you make Hopeful in Infinite Craft? Combine Antonym with Hopeless. The full path from the base elements takes 33 steps.
How many steps does it take to make Hopeful? 33 steps on the shortest known path from Water, Fire, Wind and Earth.
Is Hopeful hard to make in Infinite Craft? It rates as marathon. At 33 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements.
Is there more than one way to make Hopeful? Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Hopeful, and the shortest route is shown above.
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