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How to Make Ancestors in Infinite Craft

Ancestors is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 20 combinations to get there, and the final one is Old plus People. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

OldPeopleAncestors

Long20 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 243 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 20 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustWindSandstorm
  3. 3SandstormWaterOasis
  4. 4EarthWaterPlant
  5. 5OasisPlantDate
  6. 6EarthEarthMountain
  7. 7EarthPlantTree
  8. 8TreeWaterRiver
  9. 9MountainRiverCanyon
  10. 10CanyonEarthGrand Canyon
  11. 11DateGrand CanyonOld
  12. 12WaterWaterLake
  13. 13LakeMountainFjord
  14. 14EarthFjordLand
  15. 15PlantWindDandelion
  16. 16DandelionWaterWine
  17. 17WindWineBalloon
  18. 18BalloonFirePop
  19. 19LandPopPeople
  20. 20OldPeopleAncestors
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm3Sandstorm + Water→ Oasis4Earth + Water→ Plant5Oasis + Plant→ Date6Earth + Earth→ Mountain7Earth + Plant→ Tree8Tree + Water→ River9Mountain + River→ Canyon10Canyon + Earth→ Grand Canyon11Date + Grand Canyon→ Old12Water + Water→ Lake13Lake + Mountain→ Fjord14Earth + Fjord→ Land15Plant + Wind→ Dandelion16Dandelion + Water→ Wine17Wind + Wine→ Balloon18Balloon + Fire→ Pop19Land + Pop→ People20Old + People→ Ancestors

Other ways to make Ancestors

3 combinations are known to produce Ancestors. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Ancestors
FirstSecondResult
OldPeopleAncestors
Family TreeVideo GameAncestors
FewGrandfathersAncestors

What you can make with Ancestors

Ancestors at a glance

Steps to craft
20
Long
Crafting depth
24
longer than 85% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
37
other combinations

Other elements that take 20 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Ancestors in Infinite Craft?

Combine Old with People. The full path from the base elements takes 20 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Ancestors?

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

Is Ancestors hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 20 steps it is longer than 85% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Ancestors?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Ancestors, 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.