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How to Make Koan in Infinite Craft

Koan is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 15 combinations to get there, and the final one is Message plus Zen. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

MessageZenKoan

Long15 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 184 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 15 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3SandWaterBeach
  4. 4FireSandGlass
  5. 5EarthGlassBottle
  6. 6BeachBottleMessage
  7. 7EarthWaterPlant
  8. 8PlantWindDandelion
  9. 9DandelionWaterWine
  10. 10WindWineBalloon
  11. 11EarthPlantTree
  12. 12BalloonTreeBonsai
  13. 13EarthEarthMountain
  14. 14BonsaiMountainZen
  15. 15MessageZenKoan
Crafting tree
1Water + Windโ†’ Wave2Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand3Sand + Waterโ†’ Beach4Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass5Earth + Glassโ†’ Bottle6Beach + Bottleโ†’ Message7Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant8Plant + Windโ†’ Dandelion9Dandelion + Waterโ†’ Wine10Wind + Wineโ†’ Balloon11Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree12Balloon + Treeโ†’ Bonsai13Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain14Bonsai + Mountainโ†’ Zen15Message + Zenโ†’ Koan

Other ways to make Koan

4 combinations are known to produce Koan. Here are 4 of them.

What you can make with Koan

Koan at a glance

Steps to craft
15
Long
Crafting depth
18
longer than 77% of solved elements
Known recipes
4
ways to make it
Used in
4
other combinations

Other elements that take 15 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Koan in Infinite Craft?

Combine Message with Zen. The full path from the base elements takes 15 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Koan?

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

Is Koan hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 15 steps it is longer than 77% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Koan?

Yes. 4 combinations are known to produce Koan, 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.