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How to Make Ideals in Infinite Craft

Ideals is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 30 combinations to get there, and the final one is Ideal plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

IdealPluralIdeals

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 38

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 30 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3FireSandGlass
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5SteamWindCloud
  6. 6CloudFireLightning
  7. 7GlassLightningLight Bulb
  8. 8FireLight BulbIdea
  9. 9WaterWaterLake
  10. 10LakeWaterOcean
  11. 11LakeOceanSea
  12. 12IdeaSeaIdeal
  13. 13WindWindTornado
  14. 14TornadoWaterTsunami
  15. 15EarthTsunamiIsland
  16. 16EarthIslandContinent
  17. 17SteamWaveSurf
  18. 18ContinentSurfAustralia
  19. 19EarthEarthMountain
  20. 20MountainWindAvalanche
  21. 21AvalancheWindSnow
  22. 22AustraliaSnowNo
  23. 23NoOceanNot
  24. 24EarthWindDust
  25. 25FireSteamEngine
  26. 26DustEngineVacuum
  27. 27FireVacuumBlack Hole
  28. 28Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  29. 29NotSingularityPlural
  30. 30IdealPluralIdeals
Crafting tree
1Water + Windโ†’ Wave2Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand3Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass4Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam5Steam + Windโ†’ Cloud6Cloud + Fireโ†’ Lightning7Glass + Lightningโ†’ Light Bulb8Fire + Light Bulbโ†’ Idea9Water + Waterโ†’ Lake10Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean11Lake + Oceanโ†’ Sea12Idea + Seaโ†’ Ideal13Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado14Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami15Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island16Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent17Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf18Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia19Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain20Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche21Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow22Australia + Snowโ†’ No23No + Oceanโ†’ Not24Earth + Windโ†’ Dust25Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine26Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum27Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole28Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity29Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural30Ideal + Pluralโ†’ Ideals

Ideals at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
38
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 30 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Ideals in Infinite Craft?

Combine Ideal with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Ideals?

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

Is Ideals hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 30 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Ideals?

Only one known combination produces Ideals.

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