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How to Make Necessities in Infinite Craft

Necessities is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 31 combinations to get there, and the final one is Necessity plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

NecessityPluralNecessities

Marathon31 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 47

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 31 combinations in order.

  1. 1WindWindTornado
  2. 2TornadoWaterTsunami
  3. 3EarthTsunamiIsland
  4. 4EarthIslandContinent
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6WaterWindWave
  7. 7SteamWaveSurf
  8. 8ContinentSurfAustralia
  9. 9EarthWaveSand
  10. 10SandWaterBeach
  11. 11FireWindSmoke
  12. 12SmokeWaterFog
  13. 13BeachSteamSauna
  14. 14SaunaWaterSweat
  15. 15FogSweatDeodorant
  16. 16BeachDeodorantSunblock
  17. 17AustraliaSunblockNecessity
  18. 18EarthEarthMountain
  19. 19MountainWindAvalanche
  20. 20AvalancheWindSnow
  21. 21AustraliaSnowNo
  22. 22WaterWaterLake
  23. 23LakeWaterOcean
  24. 24NoOceanNot
  25. 25EarthWindDust
  26. 26FireSteamEngine
  27. 27DustEngineVacuum
  28. 28FireVacuumBlack Hole
  29. 29Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  30. 30NotSingularityPlural
  31. 31NecessityPluralNecessities
Crafting tree
1Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado2Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami3Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island4Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent5Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam6Water + Windโ†’ Wave7Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf8Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia9Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand10Sand + Waterโ†’ Beach11Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke12Smoke + Waterโ†’ Fog13Beach + Steamโ†’ Sauna14Sauna + Waterโ†’ Sweat15Fog + Sweatโ†’ Deodorant16Beach + Deodorantโ†’ Sunblock17Australia + Sunblockโ†’ Necessity18Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain19Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche20Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow21Australia + Snowโ†’ No22Water + Waterโ†’ Lake23Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean24No + Oceanโ†’ Not25Earth + Windโ†’ Dust26Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine27Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum28Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole29Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity30Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural31Necessity + Pluralโ†’ Necessities

Necessities at a glance

Steps to craft
31
Marathon
Crafting depth
47
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 31 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Necessities in Infinite Craft?

Combine Necessity with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 31 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Necessities?

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

Is Necessities hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 31 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Necessities?

Only one known combination produces Necessities.

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