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How to Make Preservatives in Infinite Craft

Preservatives is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 23 combinations to get there, and the final one is Formaldehyde plus Letters. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

FormaldehydeLettersPreservatives

Marathon23 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 33

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 23 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3EarthPlantTree
  4. 4TreeWindLeaf
  5. 5DustLeafCompost
  6. 6WaterWaterLake
  7. 7LakeWaterOcean
  8. 8OceanWaterFish
  9. 9FishWindFlying Fish
  10. 10EarthFlying FishBird
  11. 11BirdWaterPenguin
  12. 12LakePenguinTux
  13. 13CompostTuxFormaldehyde
  14. 14TreeWaterRiver
  15. 15RiverTreePaper
  16. 16PaperPlantBook
  17. 17EarthRiverDelta
  18. 18BookDeltaAlphabet
  19. 19PlantWindDandelion
  20. 20FireFireVolcano
  21. 21DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  22. 22AlphabetFireworksLetters
  23. 23FormaldehydeLettersPreservatives
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Earth + Water→ Plant3Earth + Plant→ Tree4Tree + Wind→ Leaf5Dust + Leaf→ Compost6Water + Water→ Lake7Lake + Water→ Ocean8Ocean + Water→ Fish9Fish + Wind→ Flying Fish10Earth + Flying Fish→ Bird11Bird + Water→ Penguin12Lake + Penguin→ Tux13Compost + Tux→ Formaldehyde14Tree + Water→ River15River + Tree→ Paper16Paper + Plant→ Book17Earth + River→ Delta18Book + Delta→ Alphabet19Plant + Wind→ Dandelion20Fire + Fire→ Volcano21Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks22Alphabet + Fireworks→ Letters23Formaldehyde + Letters→ Preservatives

Preservatives at a glance

Steps to craft
23
Marathon
Crafting depth
33
longer than 89% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 23 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Preservatives in Infinite Craft?

Combine Formaldehyde with Letters. The full path from the base elements takes 23 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Preservatives?

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

Is Preservatives hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 23 steps it is longer than 89% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Preservatives?

Only one known combination produces Preservatives.

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