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How to Make Ingenious in Infinite Craft

Ingenious is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 18 combinations to get there, and the final one is Genius plus Leak. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

GeniusLeakIngenious

Long18 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 223 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 18 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3FireSandGlass
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5SteamWindCloud
  6. 6CloudFireLightning
  7. 7GlassLightningLight Bulb
  8. 8FireLight BulbIdea
  9. 9EarthWaterPlant
  10. 10PlantWaterSwamp
  11. 11IdeaSwampGenius
  12. 12EarthPlantTree
  13. 13TreeWaterRiver
  14. 14RiverTreePaper
  15. 15PaperPlantBook
  16. 16BookEarthLibrary
  17. 17LibraryWaterLeak
  18. 18GeniusLeakIngenious
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Fire + Sand→ Glass4Fire + Water→ Steam5Steam + Wind→ Cloud6Cloud + Fire→ Lightning7Glass + Lightning→ Light Bulb8Fire + Light Bulb→ Idea9Earth + Water→ Plant10Plant + Water→ Swamp11Idea + Swamp→ Genius12Earth + Plant→ Tree13Tree + Water→ River14River + Tree→ Paper15Paper + Plant→ Book16Book + Earth→ Library17Library + Water→ Leak18Genius + Leak→ Ingenious

Other ways to make Ingenious

3 combinations are known to produce Ingenious. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Ingenious
FirstSecondResult
GeniusLeakIngenious
EngineerInIngenious
EngineerSeenIngenious

Ingenious at a glance

Steps to craft
18
Long
Crafting depth
22
longer than 83% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 18 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Ingenious in Infinite Craft?

Combine Genius with Leak. The full path from the base elements takes 18 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Ingenious?

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

Is Ingenious hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 18 steps it is longer than 83% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Ingenious?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Ingenious, 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.