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How to Make The Little Engine That Couldn’t in Infinite Craft

The Little Engine That Couldn’t is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 27 combinations to get there, and the final one is Letters plus The Little Engine That Could. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

LettersThe Little Engine That CouldThe Little Engine That Couldn’t

Marathon27 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 353 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 27 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. 12EarthWindDust
  13. 13DustEarthPlanet
  14. 14FireWaterSteam
  15. 15PlanetSteamSteampunk
  16. 16EarthSteampunkRobot
  17. 17FireSteamEngine
  18. 18EngineSteamTrain
  19. 19RobotTrainChoo-Choo
  20. 20FirePlanetSun
  21. 21PlanetSunSolar System
  22. 22WaterWindWave
  23. 23SteamWaveSurf
  24. 24SurfWindSurfing
  25. 25Solar SystemSurfingSurfing the Solar System
  26. 26Choo-ChooSurfing the Solar SystemThe Little Engine That Could
  27. 27LettersThe Little Engine That CouldThe Little Engine That Couldn’t
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 + Wind→ Dust13Dust + Earth→ Planet14Fire + Water→ Steam15Planet + Steam→ Steampunk16Earth + Steampunk→ Robot17Fire + Steam→ Engine18Engine + Steam→ Train19Robot + Train→ Choo-Choo20Fire + Planet→ Sun21Planet + Sun→ Solar System22Water + Wind→ Wave23Steam + Wave→ Surf24Surf + Wind→ Surfing25Solar System + Surfing→ Surfing the Solar System26Choo-Choo + Surfing the Solar System→ The Little Engine That Could27Letters + The Little Engine That Could→ The Little Engine That Couldn’t

Other ways to make The Little Engine That Couldn’t

3 combinations are known to produce The Little Engine That Couldn’t. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce The Little Engine That Couldn’t
FirstSecondResult
NotThe Little Engine That CouldThe Little Engine That Couldn’t
LettersThe Little Engine That CouldThe Little Engine That Couldn’t
AnagramThe Little Engine That CouldThe Little Engine That Couldn’t

The Little Engine That Couldn’t at a glance

Steps to craft
27
Marathon
Crafting depth
35
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 27 steps

Similar effort to The Little Engine That Couldn’t, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make The Little Engine That Couldn’t in Infinite Craft?

Combine Letters with The Little Engine That Could. The full path from the base elements takes 27 steps.

How many steps does it take to make The Little Engine That Couldn’t?

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

Is The Little Engine That Couldn’t hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 27 steps it is longer than 93% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make The Little Engine That Couldn’t?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce The Little Engine That Couldn’t, 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.