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How to Make Ancestor in Infinite Craft

Ancestor sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 10 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Dust plus Family Tree.

The final combination

DustFamily TreeAncestor

Moderate10 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 1334 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 10 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustWindSandstorm
  3. 3SandstormWaterOasis
  4. 4EarthWaterPlant
  5. 5OasisPlantDate
  6. 6DateWaterDating
  7. 7DatingEarthMarriage
  8. 8EarthPlantTree
  9. 9MarriageTreeFamily Tree
  10. 10DustFamily TreeAncestor
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Windโ†’ Sandstorm3Sandstorm + Waterโ†’ Oasis4Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant5Oasis + Plantโ†’ Date6Date + Waterโ†’ Dating7Dating + Earthโ†’ Marriage8Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree9Marriage + Treeโ†’ Family Tree10Dust + Family Treeโ†’ Ancestor

Other ways to make Ancestor

34 combinations are known to produce Ancestor. Here are 25 of them.

What you can make with Ancestor

Ancestor at a glance

Steps to craft
10
Moderate
Crafting depth
13
faster than 57% of solved elements
Known recipes
34
ways to make it
Used in
70
other combinations

Other elements that take 10 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Ancestor in Infinite Craft?

Combine Dust with Family Tree. The full path from the base elements takes 10 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Ancestor?

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

Is Ancestor hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as moderate. At 10 steps it is faster than 57% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Ancestor?

Yes. 34 combinations are known to produce Ancestor, 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.