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How to Make Ancient in Infinite Craft

Ancient sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 11 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Adobe plus Time Travel.

The final combination

AdobeTime TravelAncient

Long11 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 1837 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 11 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2EarthSteamMud
  3. 3FireMudBrick
  4. 4BrickMudAdobe
  5. 5EarthWindDust
  6. 6FireSteamEngine
  7. 7DustEngineVacuum
  8. 8FireVacuumBlack Hole
  9. 9Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  10. 10SteamTime MachineTime Travel
  11. 11AdobeTime TravelAncient
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Earth + Steam→ Mud3Fire + Mud→ Brick4Brick + Mud→ Adobe5Earth + Wind→ Dust6Fire + Steam→ Engine7Dust + Engine→ Vacuum8Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole9Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine10Steam + Time Machine→ Time Travel11Adobe + Time Travel→ Ancient

Other ways to make Ancient

37 combinations are known to produce Ancient. Here are 25 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Ancient
FirstSecondResult
1950sRuinsAncient
ElderElderAncient
AnagramAtlantisAncient
AnagramCeramicAncient
AnagramIncenseAncient
AnagramStonehengeAncient
CityRuinsAncient
AdobeTime TravelAncient
PaperweightRuinsAncient
AmenVintageAncient
AntOldAncient
HistorySandpaperAncient
PyramidsStonehengeAncient
PastVaseAncient
Back to the FutureRuinsAncient
HistorySnakefishAncient
OldSchoolAncient
OldOldAncient
AnorithLotusAncient
NormalOldAncient
AnagramClaydolAncient
ElderlyElderlyAncient
AnEuropeAncient
MarkedOldAncient
LATINOlderAncient

What you can make with Ancient

Ancient at a glance

Steps to craft
11
Long
Crafting depth
18
faster than 42% of solved elements
Known recipes
37
ways to make it
Used in
76
other combinations

Other elements that take 11 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Ancient in Infinite Craft?

Combine Adobe with Time Travel. The full path from the base elements takes 11 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Ancient?

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

Is Ancient hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 11 steps it is faster than 42% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Ancient?

Yes. 37 combinations are known to produce Ancient, and the shortest route is shown above.

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