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How to Make Pencils in Infinite Craft

Pencils is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 26 combinations to get there, and the final one is Pencil plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

PencilPluralPencils

Marathon26 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 302 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 26 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4EarthPlantTree
  5. 5AshTreePencil
  6. 6WindWindTornado
  7. 7TornadoWaterTsunami
  8. 8EarthTsunamiIsland
  9. 9EarthIslandContinent
  10. 10FireWaterSteam
  11. 11WaterWindWave
  12. 12SteamWaveSurf
  13. 13ContinentSurfAustralia
  14. 14EarthEarthMountain
  15. 15MountainWindAvalanche
  16. 16AvalancheWindSnow
  17. 17AustraliaSnowNo
  18. 18WaterWaterLake
  19. 19LakeWaterOcean
  20. 20NoOceanNot
  21. 21FireSteamEngine
  22. 22DustEngineVacuum
  23. 23FireVacuumBlack Hole
  24. 24Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  25. 25NotSingularityPlural
  26. 26PencilPluralPencils
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Earth + Water→ Plant4Earth + Plant→ Tree5Ash + Tree→ Pencil6Wind + Wind→ Tornado7Tornado + Water→ Tsunami8Earth + Tsunami→ Island9Earth + Island→ Continent10Fire + Water→ Steam11Water + Wind→ Wave12Steam + Wave→ Surf13Continent + Surf→ Australia14Earth + Earth→ Mountain15Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche16Avalanche + Wind→ Snow17Australia + Snow→ No18Water + Water→ Lake19Lake + Water→ Ocean20No + Ocean→ Not21Fire + Steam→ Engine22Dust + Engine→ Vacuum23Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole24Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity25Not + Singularity→ Plural26Pencil + Plural→ Pencils

Other ways to make Pencils

2 combinations are known to produce Pencils. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Pencils
FirstSecondResult
PencilPluralPencils
GraphitePluralPencils

What you can make with Pencils

Pencils at a glance

Steps to craft
26
Marathon
Crafting depth
30
longer than 92% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
5
other combinations

Other elements that take 26 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Pencils in Infinite Craft?

Combine Pencil with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 26 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Pencils?

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

Is Pencils hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 26 steps it is longer than 92% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Pencils?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Pencils, 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.