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How to Make Paper Lantern in Infinite Craft

Paper Lantern sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 12 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Lantern plus Paper Boat.

The final combination

LanternPaper BoatPaper Lantern

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 189 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 12 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2FireWindSmoke
  3. 3PlantSmokeIncense
  4. 4PlantWaterSwamp
  5. 5IncenseSwampMosquito
  6. 6FireMosquitoFirefly
  7. 7FireflyPlantLantern
  8. 8EarthPlantTree
  9. 9TreeWaterRiver
  10. 10RiverTreePaper
  11. 11PaperRiverPaper Boat
  12. 12LanternPaper BoatPaper Lantern
Crafting tree
1Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant2Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke3Plant + Smokeโ†’ Incense4Plant + Waterโ†’ Swamp5Incense + Swampโ†’ Mosquito6Fire + Mosquitoโ†’ Firefly7Firefly + Plantโ†’ Lantern8Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree9Tree + Waterโ†’ River10River + Treeโ†’ Paper11Paper + Riverโ†’ Paper Boat12Lantern + Paper Boatโ†’ Paper Lantern

Other ways to make Paper Lantern

9 combinations are known to produce Paper Lantern. Here are 9 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Paper Lantern
FirstSecondResult
Light BulbPaper MachePaper Lantern
BulbPaper MachePaper Lantern
LighthousePaper DragonPaper Lantern
LanternPaper BoatPaper Lantern
LightbulbPaper MachePaper Lantern
Green LanternPaper BoatPaper Lantern
BulbPaper DragonPaper Lantern
Garden PartyPaper DragonPaper Lantern
Geyser LampPaper TrollPaper Lantern

Paper Lantern at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
18
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
9
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Paper Lantern in Infinite Craft?

Combine Lantern with Paper Boat. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Paper Lantern?

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

Is Paper Lantern hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 12 steps it is longer than 58% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Paper Lantern?

Yes. 9 combinations are known to produce Paper Lantern, 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.