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How to Make Hopelessly in Infinite Craft

Hopelessly is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 36 combinations to get there, and the final one is Hopeless plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

HopelessPluralHopelessly

Marathon36 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 452 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 36 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWindSmoke
  2. 2SmokeWaterFog
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4EarthPlantTree
  5. 5TreeWaterRiver
  6. 6RiverTreePaper
  7. 7EarthPaperMap
  8. 8FogMapLost
  9. 9EarthFireLava
  10. 10LavaWaterStone
  11. 11FireWaterSteam
  12. 12WaterWindWave
  13. 13SteamWaveSurf
  14. 14SurfWindSurfing
  15. 15StoneSurfingSkimming
  16. 16SkimmingStoneSkipping
  17. 17LostSkippingHopeless
  18. 18WindWindTornado
  19. 19TornadoWaterTsunami
  20. 20EarthTsunamiIsland
  21. 21EarthIslandContinent
  22. 22ContinentSurfAustralia
  23. 23EarthEarthMountain
  24. 24MountainWindAvalanche
  25. 25AvalancheWindSnow
  26. 26AustraliaSnowNo
  27. 27WaterWaterLake
  28. 28LakeWaterOcean
  29. 29NoOceanNot
  30. 30EarthWindDust
  31. 31FireSteamEngine
  32. 32DustEngineVacuum
  33. 33FireVacuumBlack Hole
  34. 34Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  35. 35NotSingularityPlural
  36. 36HopelessPluralHopelessly
Crafting tree
1Fire + Wind→ Smoke2Smoke + Water→ Fog3Earth + Water→ Plant4Earth + Plant→ Tree5Tree + Water→ River6River + Tree→ Paper7Earth + Paper→ Map8Fog + Map→ Lost9Earth + Fire→ Lava10Lava + Water→ Stone11Fire + Water→ Steam12Water + Wind→ Wave13Steam + Wave→ Surf14Surf + Wind→ Surfing15Stone + Surfing→ Skimming16Skimming + Stone→ Skipping17Lost + Skipping→ Hopeless18Wind + Wind→ Tornado19Tornado + Water→ Tsunami20Earth + Tsunami→ Island21Earth + Island→ Continent22Continent + Surf→ Australia23Earth + Earth→ Mountain24Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche25Avalanche + Wind→ Snow26Australia + Snow→ No27Water + Water→ Lake28Lake + Water→ Ocean29No + Ocean→ Not30Earth + Wind→ Dust31Fire + Steam→ Engine32Dust + Engine→ Vacuum33Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole34Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity35Not + Singularity→ Plural36Hopeless + Plural→ Hopelessly

Other ways to make Hopelessly

2 combinations are known to produce Hopelessly. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Hopelessly
FirstSecondResult
HopelessPluralHopelessly
AntonymHopefullyHopelessly

Hopelessly at a glance

Steps to craft
36
Marathon
Crafting depth
45
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 36 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hopelessly in Infinite Craft?

Combine Hopeless with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 36 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hopelessly?

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

Is Hopelessly hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 36 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hopelessly?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Hopelessly, 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.