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How to Make Koans in Infinite Craft

Koans is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 35 combinations to get there, and the final one is Koan plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

KoanPluralKoans

Marathon35 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 42

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 35 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
  16. 16WindWindTornado
  17. 17TornadoWaterTsunami
  18. 18EarthTsunamiIsland
  19. 19EarthIslandContinent
  20. 20FireWaterSteam
  21. 21SteamWaveSurf
  22. 22ContinentSurfAustralia
  23. 23MountainWindAvalanche
  24. 24AvalancheWindSnow
  25. 25AustraliaSnowNo
  26. 26WaterWaterLake
  27. 27LakeWaterOcean
  28. 28NoOceanNot
  29. 29EarthWindDust
  30. 30FireSteamEngine
  31. 31DustEngineVacuum
  32. 32FireVacuumBlack Hole
  33. 33Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  34. 34NotSingularityPlural
  35. 35KoanPluralKoans
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†’ Koan16Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado17Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami18Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island19Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent20Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam21Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf22Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia23Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche24Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow25Australia + Snowโ†’ No26Water + Waterโ†’ Lake27Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean28No + Oceanโ†’ Not29Earth + Windโ†’ Dust30Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine31Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum32Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole33Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity34Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural35Koan + Pluralโ†’ Koans

Koans at a glance

Steps to craft
35
Marathon
Crafting depth
42
longer than 96% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 35 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Koans in Infinite Craft?

Combine Koan with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 35 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Koans?

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

Is Koans hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 35 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Koans?

Only one known combination produces Koans.

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