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How to Make Illiterates in Infinite Craft

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

The final combination

IlliteratePluralIlliterates

Marathon40 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 50

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3FireSandGlass
  4. 4FireGlassLens
  5. 5LensWaterMicroscope
  6. 6EarthMicroscopeBacteria
  7. 7BacteriaWaterSick
  8. 8FireWaterSteam
  9. 9FireSteamEngine
  10. 10EarthWaterPlant
  11. 11EnginePlantCar
  12. 12CarFireCrash
  13. 13EarthWindDust
  14. 14DustEarthPlanet
  15. 15EarthPlanetMoon
  16. 16EarthSteamMud
  17. 17MoonMudCheese
  18. 18CheeseEarthMouse
  19. 19CrashMouseKeyboard
  20. 20PlantSteamTea
  21. 21KeyboardTeaType
  22. 22SickTypeIlliterate
  23. 23WindWindTornado
  24. 24TornadoWaterTsunami
  25. 25EarthTsunamiIsland
  26. 26EarthIslandContinent
  27. 27SteamWaveSurf
  28. 28ContinentSurfAustralia
  29. 29EarthEarthMountain
  30. 30MountainWindAvalanche
  31. 31AvalancheWindSnow
  32. 32AustraliaSnowNo
  33. 33WaterWaterLake
  34. 34LakeWaterOcean
  35. 35NoOceanNot
  36. 36DustEngineVacuum
  37. 37FireVacuumBlack Hole
  38. 38Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  39. 39NotSingularityPlural
  40. 40IlliteratePluralIlliterates
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Fire + Sand→ Glass4Fire + Glass→ Lens5Lens + Water→ Microscope6Earth + Microscope→ Bacteria7Bacteria + Water→ Sick8Fire + Water→ Steam9Fire + Steam→ Engine10Earth + Water→ Plant11Engine + Plant→ Car12Car + Fire→ Crash13Earth + Wind→ Dust14Dust + Earth→ Planet15Earth + Planet→ Moon16Earth + Steam→ Mud17Moon + Mud→ Cheese18Cheese + Earth→ Mouse19Crash + Mouse→ Keyboard20Plant + Steam→ Tea21Keyboard + Tea→ Type22Sick + Type→ Illiterate23Wind + Wind→ Tornado24Tornado + Water→ Tsunami25Earth + Tsunami→ Island26Earth + Island→ Continent27Steam + Wave→ Surf28Continent + Surf→ Australia29Earth + Earth→ Mountain30Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche31Avalanche + Wind→ Snow32Australia + Snow→ No33Water + Water→ Lake34Lake + Water→ Ocean35No + Ocean→ Not36Dust + Engine→ Vacuum37Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole38Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity39Not + Singularity→ Plural40Illiterate + Plural→ Illiterates

Illiterates at a glance

Steps to craft
40
Marathon
Crafting depth
50
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 40 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Illiterates in Infinite Craft?

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

How many steps does it take to make Illiterates?

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

Is Illiterates 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 Illiterates?

Only one known combination produces Illiterates.

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