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How to Make Patents in Infinite Craft

Patents is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 30 combinations to get there, and the final one is Patent plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

PatentPluralPatents

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 396 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 30 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3FireSandGlass
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5SteamWindCloud
  6. 6CloudFireLightning
  7. 7GlassLightningLight Bulb
  8. 8FireLight BulbIdea
  9. 9FireIdeaInvention
  10. 10IdeaInventionPatent
  11. 11WindWindTornado
  12. 12TornadoWaterTsunami
  13. 13EarthTsunamiIsland
  14. 14EarthIslandContinent
  15. 15SteamWaveSurf
  16. 16ContinentSurfAustralia
  17. 17EarthEarthMountain
  18. 18MountainWindAvalanche
  19. 19AvalancheWindSnow
  20. 20AustraliaSnowNo
  21. 21WaterWaterLake
  22. 22LakeWaterOcean
  23. 23NoOceanNot
  24. 24EarthWindDust
  25. 25FireSteamEngine
  26. 26DustEngineVacuum
  27. 27FireVacuumBlack Hole
  28. 28Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  29. 29NotSingularityPlural
  30. 30PatentPluralPatents
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Fire + Sand→ Glass4Fire + Water→ Steam5Steam + Wind→ Cloud6Cloud + Fire→ Lightning7Glass + Lightning→ Light Bulb8Fire + Light Bulb→ Idea9Fire + Idea→ Invention10Idea + Invention→ Patent11Wind + Wind→ Tornado12Tornado + Water→ Tsunami13Earth + Tsunami→ Island14Earth + Island→ Continent15Steam + Wave→ Surf16Continent + Surf→ Australia17Earth + Earth→ Mountain18Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche19Avalanche + Wind→ Snow20Australia + Snow→ No21Water + Water→ Lake22Lake + Water→ Ocean23No + Ocean→ Not24Earth + Wind→ Dust25Fire + Steam→ Engine26Dust + Engine→ Vacuum27Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole28Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity29Not + Singularity→ Plural30Patent + Plural→ Patents

Other ways to make Patents

6 combinations are known to produce Patents. Here are 6 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Patents
FirstSecondResult
PatentPluralPatents
PatentSPatents
InventionsStatesPatents
InventorsLettersPatents
FathersNoticesPatents
GuessingLawsuitsPatents

What you can make with Patents

Patents at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
39
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
6
ways to make it
Used in
40
other combinations

Other elements that take 30 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Patents in Infinite Craft?

Combine Patent with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Patents?

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

Is Patents hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 30 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Patents?

Yes. 6 combinations are known to produce Patents, 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.