Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Reading Glasses in Infinite Craft

Reading Glasses is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 39 combinations to get there, and the final one is Past Tense plus Reading. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Past TenseReadingReading Glasses

Marathon39 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 562 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 39 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3WaterWindWave
  4. 4EarthWaveSand
  5. 5FireSandGlass
  6. 6GlassSandHourglass
  7. 7FireHourglassTime
  8. 8AshTimeHistory
  9. 9FireWaterSteam
  10. 10GlassSteamMirror
  11. 11HistoryMirrorPast
  12. 12FireWindSmoke
  13. 13SmokeWaterFog
  14. 14EarthWaterPlant
  15. 15FogPlantMushroom
  16. 16EarthMushroomToadstool
  17. 17PlantWindDandelion
  18. 18DandelionPlantWeed
  19. 19ToadstoolWeedMagic Mushroom
  20. 20DustWindSandstorm
  21. 21SandstormWaterOasis
  22. 22OasisPlantDate
  23. 23DateWaterDating
  24. 24DatingEarthMarriage
  25. 25EarthMarriageDivorce
  26. 26DandelionDustWish
  27. 27WaterWishGenie
  28. 28DivorceGenieSingle
  29. 29Magic MushroomSingleTriple
  30. 30PastTriplePast Tense
  31. 31FireGlassLens
  32. 32FireLensMagnifying Glass
  33. 33EarthFireLava
  34. 34LavaWaterStone
  35. 35SteamWaveSurf
  36. 36SurfWindSurfing
  37. 37StoneSurfingSkimming
  38. 38Magnifying GlassSkimmingReading
  39. 39Past TenseReadingReading Glasses
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Water + Wind→ Wave4Earth + Wave→ Sand5Fire + Sand→ Glass6Glass + Sand→ Hourglass7Fire + Hourglass→ Time8Ash + Time→ History9Fire + Water→ Steam10Glass + Steam→ Mirror11History + Mirror→ Past12Fire + Wind→ Smoke13Smoke + Water→ Fog14Earth + Water→ Plant15Fog + Plant→ Mushroom16Earth + Mushroom→ Toadstool17Plant + Wind→ Dandelion18Dandelion + Plant→ Weed19Toadstool + Weed→ Magic Mushroom20Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm21Sandstorm + Water→ Oasis22Oasis + Plant→ Date23Date + Water→ Dating24Dating + Earth→ Marriage25Earth + Marriage→ Divorce26Dandelion + Dust→ Wish27Water + Wish→ Genie28Divorce + Genie→ Single29Magic Mushroom + Single→ Triple30Past + Triple→ Past Tense31Fire + Glass→ Lens32Fire + Lens→ Magnifying Glass33Earth + Fire→ Lava34Lava + Water→ Stone35Steam + Wave→ Surf36Surf + Wind→ Surfing37Stone + Surfing→ Skimming38Magnifying Glass + Skimming→ Reading39Past Tense + Reading→ Reading Glasses

Other ways to make Reading Glasses

2 combinations are known to produce Reading Glasses. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Reading Glasses
FirstSecondResult
Past TenseReadingReading Glasses
Past tenseReadingReading Glasses

What you can make with Reading Glasses

Reading Glasses at a glance

Steps to craft
39
Marathon
Crafting depth
56
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 39 steps

Similar effort to Reading Glasses, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Reading Glasses in Infinite Craft?

Combine Past Tense with Reading. The full path from the base elements takes 39 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Reading Glasses?

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

Is Reading Glasses hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 39 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Reading Glasses?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Reading Glasses, 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.