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How to Make Optimists in Infinite Craft

Optimists is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 32 combinations to get there, and the final one is Optimist plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

OptimistPluralOptimists

Marathon32 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 41

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 32 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EarthWindDust
  4. 4DustEarthPlanet
  5. 5EarthPlanetMoon
  6. 6MoonWindWerewolf
  7. 7EngineWerewolfTransformer
  8. 8DustFireAsh
  9. 9EarthWaterPlant
  10. 10AshPlantTobacco
  11. 11PlanetTobaccoUranus
  12. 12UranusWaterUrine
  13. 13TransformerUrineOptimist
  14. 14WindWindTornado
  15. 15TornadoWaterTsunami
  16. 16EarthTsunamiIsland
  17. 17EarthIslandContinent
  18. 18WaterWindWave
  19. 19SteamWaveSurf
  20. 20ContinentSurfAustralia
  21. 21EarthEarthMountain
  22. 22MountainWindAvalanche
  23. 23AvalancheWindSnow
  24. 24AustraliaSnowNo
  25. 25WaterWaterLake
  26. 26LakeWaterOcean
  27. 27NoOceanNot
  28. 28DustEngineVacuum
  29. 29FireVacuumBlack Hole
  30. 30Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  31. 31NotSingularityPlural
  32. 32OptimistPluralOptimists
Crafting tree
1Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam2Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine3Earth + Windโ†’ Dust4Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet5Earth + Planetโ†’ Moon6Moon + Windโ†’ Werewolf7Engine + Werewolfโ†’ Transformer8Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash9Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant10Ash + Plantโ†’ Tobacco11Planet + Tobaccoโ†’ Uranus12Uranus + Waterโ†’ Urine13Transformer + Urineโ†’ Optimist14Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado15Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami16Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island17Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent18Water + Windโ†’ Wave19Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf20Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia21Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain22Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche23Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow24Australia + Snowโ†’ No25Water + Waterโ†’ Lake26Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean27No + Oceanโ†’ Not28Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum29Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole30Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity31Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural32Optimist + Pluralโ†’ Optimists

Optimists at a glance

Steps to craft
32
Marathon
Crafting depth
41
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 32 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Optimists in Infinite Craft?

Combine Optimist with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 32 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Optimists?

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

Is Optimists hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 32 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Optimists?

Only one known combination produces Optimists.

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