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How to Make Illumination in Infinite Craft

Illumination is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 22 combinations to get there, and the final one is Illumise plus Wine. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

IllumiseWineIllumination

Marathon22 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 308 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 22 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3DustPlantPollen
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5SteamWindCloud
  6. 6PlantWindDandelion
  7. 7DandelionWindSeed
  8. 8CloudSeedCotton
  9. 9PlantWaterSwamp
  10. 10FireSwampDragon
  11. 11DragonWaterSea Serpent
  12. 12FireFireVolcano
  13. 13Sea SerpentVolcanoKrakken
  14. 14EarthSteamMud
  15. 15KrakkenMudMudkip
  16. 16CottonMudkipSwablu
  17. 17PollenSwabluCombee
  18. 18EarthFireLava
  19. 19CombeeLavaVolbeat
  20. 20PollenVolbeatIllumise
  21. 21DandelionWaterWine
  22. 22IllumiseWineIllumination
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Earth + Water→ Plant3Dust + Plant→ Pollen4Fire + Water→ Steam5Steam + Wind→ Cloud6Plant + Wind→ Dandelion7Dandelion + Wind→ Seed8Cloud + Seed→ Cotton9Plant + Water→ Swamp10Fire + Swamp→ Dragon11Dragon + Water→ Sea Serpent12Fire + Fire→ Volcano13Sea Serpent + Volcano→ Krakken14Earth + Steam→ Mud15Krakken + Mud→ Mudkip16Cotton + Mudkip→ Swablu17Pollen + Swablu→ Combee18Earth + Fire→ Lava19Combee + Lava→ Volbeat20Pollen + Volbeat→ Illumise21Dandelion + Water→ Wine22Illumise + Wine→ Illumination

Other ways to make Illumination

8 combinations are known to produce Illumination. Here are 8 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Illumination
FirstSecondResult
IlluminatiSynonymIllumination
IllumiseWineIllumination
ChangeIllumiseIllumination
IllumiseJohtoIllumination
IllumiseRegionIllumination
IllumisePokemon MoveIllumination
IllumisePokémon MoveIllumination
IllumiseSignature MoveIllumination

What you can make with Illumination

Illumination at a glance

Steps to craft
22
Marathon
Crafting depth
30
longer than 88% of solved elements
Known recipes
8
ways to make it
Used in
16
other combinations

Other elements that take 22 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Illumination in Infinite Craft?

Combine Illumise with Wine. The full path from the base elements takes 22 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Illumination?

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

Is Illumination hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 22 steps it is longer than 88% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Illumination?

Yes. 8 combinations are known to produce Illumination, 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.