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How to Make Backposts in Infinite Craft

Backposts is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 49 combinations to get there, and the final one is Backpost plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

BackpostPluralBackposts

Marathon49 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 74

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 49 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthRiverDelta
  7. 7BookDeltaAlphabet
  8. 8EarthEarthMountain
  9. 9EarthWindDust
  10. 10WaterWaterLake
  11. 11LakeMountainFjord
  12. 12DustFjordTroll
  13. 13MountainTrollDwarf
  14. 14DustPlantPollen
  15. 15PollenWaterHoney
  16. 16DustEarthPlanet
  17. 17EarthPlanetMoon
  18. 18HoneyMoonHoneymoon
  19. 19DwarfHoneymoonShort
  20. 20AlphabetShortAcronym
  21. 21FireWaterSteam
  22. 22FireSteamEngine
  23. 23DustEngineVacuum
  24. 24FireVacuumBlack Hole
  25. 25Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  26. 26AcronymTime MachineBackronym
  27. 27WaterWindWave
  28. 28EarthWaveSand
  29. 29SandWaterBeach
  30. 30FireSandGlass
  31. 31EarthGlassBottle
  32. 32BeachBottleMessage
  33. 33EarthMessageLetter
  34. 34DustLetterPost
  35. 35BackronymPostBackpost
  36. 36WindWindTornado
  37. 37TornadoWaterTsunami
  38. 38EarthTsunamiIsland
  39. 39EarthIslandContinent
  40. 40SteamWaveSurf
  41. 41ContinentSurfAustralia
  42. 42MountainWindAvalanche
  43. 43AvalancheWindSnow
  44. 44AustraliaSnowNo
  45. 45LakeWaterOcean
  46. 46NoOceanNot
  47. 47Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  48. 48NotSingularityPlural
  49. 49BackpostPluralBackposts
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + River→ Delta7Book + Delta→ Alphabet8Earth + Earth→ Mountain9Earth + Wind→ Dust10Water + Water→ Lake11Lake + Mountain→ Fjord12Dust + Fjord→ Troll13Mountain + Troll→ Dwarf14Dust + Plant→ Pollen15Pollen + Water→ Honey16Dust + Earth→ Planet17Earth + Planet→ Moon18Honey + Moon→ Honeymoon19Dwarf + Honeymoon→ Short20Alphabet + Short→ Acronym21Fire + Water→ Steam22Fire + Steam→ Engine23Dust + Engine→ Vacuum24Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole25Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine26Acronym + Time Machine→ Backronym27Water + Wind→ Wave28Earth + Wave→ Sand29Sand + Water→ Beach30Fire + Sand→ Glass31Earth + Glass→ Bottle32Beach + Bottle→ Message33Earth + Message→ Letter34Dust + Letter→ Post35Backronym + Post→ Backpost36Wind + Wind→ Tornado37Tornado + Water→ Tsunami38Earth + Tsunami→ Island39Earth + Island→ Continent40Steam + Wave→ Surf41Continent + Surf→ Australia42Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche43Avalanche + Wind→ Snow44Australia + Snow→ No45Lake + Water→ Ocean46No + Ocean→ Not47Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity48Not + Singularity→ Plural49Backpost + Plural→ Backposts

Backposts at a glance

Steps to craft
49
Marathon
Crafting depth
74
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 49 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Backposts in Infinite Craft?

Combine Backpost with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 49 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Backposts?

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

Is Backposts hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 49 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Backposts?

Only one known combination produces Backposts.

Path verified against the open recipe graph on . Method described in our methodology, data credited on data sources.