Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Perpetual Motion Machines in Infinite Craft

Perpetual Motion Machines is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 36 combinations to get there, and the final one is Perpetual Motion plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Perpetual MotionPluralPerpetual Motion Machines

Marathon36 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 48

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 36 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2EarthSteamMud
  3. 3FireMudBrick
  4. 4BrickBrickWall
  5. 5WallWaterDam
  6. 6DamWaterHydroelectricity
  7. 7EarthFireLava
  8. 8LavaWaterStone
  9. 9LavaStoneObsidian
  10. 10FireSteamEngine
  11. 11EngineSteamTrain
  12. 12ObsidianTrainMinecart
  13. 13EarthEarthMountain
  14. 14MinecartMountainRollercoaster
  15. 15MountainTrainTunnel
  16. 16RollercoasterTunnelLoop
  17. 17HydroelectricityLoopPerpetual Motion
  18. 18WindWindTornado
  19. 19TornadoWaterTsunami
  20. 20EarthTsunamiIsland
  21. 21EarthIslandContinent
  22. 22WaterWindWave
  23. 23SteamWaveSurf
  24. 24ContinentSurfAustralia
  25. 25MountainWindAvalanche
  26. 26AvalancheWindSnow
  27. 27AustraliaSnowNo
  28. 28WaterWaterLake
  29. 29LakeWaterOcean
  30. 30NoOceanNot
  31. 31EarthWindDust
  32. 32DustEngineVacuum
  33. 33FireVacuumBlack Hole
  34. 34Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  35. 35NotSingularityPlural
  36. 36Perpetual MotionPluralPerpetual Motion Machines
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Earth + Steam→ Mud3Fire + Mud→ Brick4Brick + Brick→ Wall5Wall + Water→ Dam6Dam + Water→ Hydroelectricity7Earth + Fire→ Lava8Lava + Water→ Stone9Lava + Stone→ Obsidian10Fire + Steam→ Engine11Engine + Steam→ Train12Obsidian + Train→ Minecart13Earth + Earth→ Mountain14Minecart + Mountain→ Rollercoaster15Mountain + Train→ Tunnel16Rollercoaster + Tunnel→ Loop17Hydroelectricity + Loop→ Perpetual Motion18Wind + Wind→ Tornado19Tornado + Water→ Tsunami20Earth + Tsunami→ Island21Earth + Island→ Continent22Water + Wind→ Wave23Steam + Wave→ Surf24Continent + Surf→ Australia25Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche26Avalanche + Wind→ Snow27Australia + Snow→ No28Water + Water→ Lake29Lake + Water→ Ocean30No + Ocean→ Not31Earth + Wind→ Dust32Dust + Engine→ Vacuum33Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole34Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity35Not + Singularity→ Plural36Perpetual Motion + Plural→ Perpetual Motion Machines

Perpetual Motion Machines at a glance

Steps to craft
36
Marathon
Crafting depth
48
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 36 steps

Similar effort to Perpetual Motion Machines, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Perpetual Motion Machines in Infinite Craft?

Combine Perpetual Motion with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 36 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Perpetual Motion Machines?

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

Is Perpetual Motion Machines hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 36 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Perpetual Motion Machines?

Only one known combination produces Perpetual Motion Machines.

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