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How to Make Inventor in Infinite Craft

Inventor sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 11 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Idea plus Surfer.

The final combination

IdeaSurferInventor

Long11 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 1537 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 11 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3FireSandGlass
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5SteamWindCloud
  6. 6CloudFireLightning
  7. 7GlassLightningLight Bulb
  8. 8FireLight BulbIdea
  9. 9SteamWaveSurf
  10. 10SurfWaveSurfer
  11. 11IdeaSurferInventor
Crafting tree
1Water + Windโ†’ Wave2Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand3Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass4Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam5Steam + Windโ†’ Cloud6Cloud + Fireโ†’ Lightning7Glass + Lightningโ†’ Light Bulb8Fire + Light Bulbโ†’ Idea9Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf10Surf + Waveโ†’ Surfer11Idea + Surferโ†’ Inventor

Other ways to make Inventor

37 combinations are known to produce Inventor. Here are 25 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Inventor
FirstSecondResult
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Drunken MasterLight BulbInventor
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GnomeLight BulbInventor
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GnomeLightbulbInventor
EngineerMagnifying GlassInventor
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CombineEngineerInventor
EngineerKaleidoscopeInventor
EngineerHermitInventor
EngineerPassionInventor
IdeaMonocleInventor
IdeaPlumberInventor
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InventionKingInventor
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ChangeEngineerInventor
FlipInventionInventor
CraftingEngineerInventor
CraftingInventionInventor
InventionsLoserInventor

What you can make with Inventor

Inventor at a glance

Steps to craft
11
Long
Crafting depth
15
faster than 42% of solved elements
Known recipes
37
ways to make it
Used in
8
other combinations

Other elements that take 11 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Inventor in Infinite Craft?

Combine Idea with Surfer. The full path from the base elements takes 11 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Inventor?

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

Is Inventor hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 11 steps it is faster than 42% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Inventor?

Yes. 37 combinations are known to produce Inventor, 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.