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How to Make Motives in Infinite Craft

Motives is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 37 combinations to get there, and the final one is Motive plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

MotivePluralMotives

Marathon37 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 47

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 37 combinations in order.

  1. 1WindWindTornado
  2. 2WaterWindWave
  3. 3EarthWaveSand
  4. 4FireSandGlass
  5. 5GlassWindWindow
  6. 6TornadoWindowBroken Window
  7. 7FireGlassLens
  8. 8FireLensMagnifying Glass
  9. 9Broken WindowMagnifying GlassEvidence
  10. 10EarthWindDust
  11. 11DustWindSandstorm
  12. 12SandstormWindDust Storm
  13. 13DustEarthPlanet
  14. 14PlanetSandstormMars
  15. 15Dust StormMarsMars Rover
  16. 16GlassMars RoverBroken Mars Rover
  17. 17Broken Mars RoverWaterOpportunity
  18. 18EvidenceOpportunityMotive
  19. 19TornadoWaterTsunami
  20. 20EarthTsunamiIsland
  21. 21EarthIslandContinent
  22. 22FireWaterSteam
  23. 23SteamWaveSurf
  24. 24ContinentSurfAustralia
  25. 25EarthEarthMountain
  26. 26MountainWindAvalanche
  27. 27AvalancheWindSnow
  28. 28AustraliaSnowNo
  29. 29WaterWaterLake
  30. 30LakeWaterOcean
  31. 31NoOceanNot
  32. 32FireSteamEngine
  33. 33DustEngineVacuum
  34. 34FireVacuumBlack Hole
  35. 35Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  36. 36NotSingularityPlural
  37. 37MotivePluralMotives
Crafting tree
1Wind + Wind→ Tornado2Water + Wind→ Wave3Earth + Wave→ Sand4Fire + Sand→ Glass5Glass + Wind→ Window6Tornado + Window→ Broken Window7Fire + Glass→ Lens8Fire + Lens→ Magnifying Glass9Broken Window + Magnifying Glass→ Evidence10Earth + Wind→ Dust11Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm12Sandstorm + Wind→ Dust Storm13Dust + Earth→ Planet14Planet + Sandstorm→ Mars15Dust Storm + Mars→ Mars Rover16Glass + Mars Rover→ Broken Mars Rover17Broken Mars Rover + Water→ Opportunity18Evidence + Opportunity→ Motive19Tornado + Water→ Tsunami20Earth + Tsunami→ Island21Earth + Island→ Continent22Fire + Water→ Steam23Steam + Wave→ Surf24Continent + Surf→ Australia25Earth + Earth→ Mountain26Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche27Avalanche + Wind→ Snow28Australia + Snow→ No29Water + Water→ Lake30Lake + Water→ Ocean31No + Ocean→ Not32Fire + Steam→ Engine33Dust + Engine→ Vacuum34Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole35Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity36Not + Singularity→ Plural37Motive + Plural→ Motives

Motives at a glance

Steps to craft
37
Marathon
Crafting depth
47
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 37 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Motives in Infinite Craft?

Combine Motive with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 37 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Motives?

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

Is Motives hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 37 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Motives?

Only one known combination produces Motives.

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