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How to Make Pen Pals in Infinite Craft

Pen Pals is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 24 combinations to get there, and the final one is Letters plus Pen Pal. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

LettersPen PalPen Pals

Marathon24 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 35

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 24 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthRiverDelta
  7. 7BookDeltaAlphabet
  8. 8PlantWindDandelion
  9. 9FireFireVolcano
  10. 10DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  11. 11AlphabetFireworksLetters
  12. 12EarthFireLava
  13. 13LavaWaterStone
  14. 14PlantStoneFossil
  15. 15FireFossilDinosaur
  16. 16PlantWaterSwamp
  17. 17DandelionSwampFrog
  18. 18DinosaurFrogBarney
  19. 19BarneyDinosaurFriend
  20. 20WindWindTornado
  21. 21TornadoWaterTsunami
  22. 22EarthTsunamiIsland
  23. 23FriendIslandPen Pal
  24. 24LettersPen PalPen Pals
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + River→ Delta7Book + Delta→ Alphabet8Plant + Wind→ Dandelion9Fire + Fire→ Volcano10Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks11Alphabet + Fireworks→ Letters12Earth + Fire→ Lava13Lava + Water→ Stone14Plant + Stone→ Fossil15Fire + Fossil→ Dinosaur16Plant + Water→ Swamp17Dandelion + Swamp→ Frog18Dinosaur + Frog→ Barney19Barney + Dinosaur→ Friend20Wind + Wind→ Tornado21Tornado + Water→ Tsunami22Earth + Tsunami→ Island23Friend + Island→ Pen Pal24Letters + Pen Pal→ Pen Pals

Pen Pals at a glance

Steps to craft
24
Marathon
Crafting depth
35
longer than 90% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 24 steps

Similar effort to Pen Pals, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Pen Pals in Infinite Craft?

Combine Letters with Pen Pal. The full path from the base elements takes 24 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Pen Pals?

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

Is Pen Pals hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 24 steps it is longer than 90% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Pen Pals?

Only one known combination produces Pen Pals.

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