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How to Make Before It’s Too Present in Infinite Craft

Before It’s Too Present is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 61 combinations to get there, and the final one is Before It’s Too Late plus Present Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Before It’s Too LatePresent TenseBefore It’s Too Present

Marathon61 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 109

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 61 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3DustPlantPollen
  4. 4PollenWaterHoney
  5. 5FireHoneyBee
  6. 6DustEarthPlanet
  7. 7FirePlanetSun
  8. 8FireSunSolar
  9. 9PlantSolarOxygen
  10. 10FireWaterSteam
  11. 11PlantSteamTea
  12. 12EarthPlantTree
  13. 13DustTreeWood
  14. 14TeaWoodTable
  15. 15OxygenTablePeriodic
  16. 16BeePeriodicBeryllium
  17. 17BerylliumFireBe
  18. 18TreeWaterRiver
  19. 19FireSteamEngine
  20. 20EnginePlantCar
  21. 21RiverTreePaper
  22. 22CarPaperTraffic Ticket
  23. 23RiverTraffic TicketFine
  24. 24BeFineBefore
  25. 25FireWindSmoke
  26. 26PlantSmokeIncense
  27. 27PlantWaterSwamp
  28. 28IncenseSwampMosquito
  29. 29EarthEarthMountain
  30. 30PlantWindDandelion
  31. 31DandelionDandelionDandelion Patch
  32. 32Dandelion PatchWindSeeds
  33. 33FireSeedsPopcorn
  34. 34MountainPopcornMovie
  35. 35MosquitoMovieIt
  36. 36WaterWaterLake
  37. 37EarthEngineTractor
  38. 38LakeTractorPlow
  39. 39PlowWaterCanal
  40. 40CanalMountainLock
  41. 41EarthLockSafe
  42. 42ItSafeIt’s
  43. 43BeforeIt’sBefore It’s Too Late
  44. 44DustFireAsh
  45. 45EarthTractorFarm
  46. 46FarmFireBarbecue
  47. 47AshBarbecueBurger
  48. 48BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  49. 49DustEngineVacuum
  50. 50FireVacuumBlack Hole
  51. 51Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  52. 52Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  53. 53EngineWindWindmill
  54. 54TeaWindmillDutch
  55. 55SunTime MachineFuture
  56. 56DutchFutureTense
  57. 57Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  58. 58WindWindTornado
  59. 59Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  60. 60Future TenseSingularityPresent Tense
  61. 61Before It’s Too LatePresent TenseBefore It’s Too Present
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Earth + Water→ Plant3Dust + Plant→ Pollen4Pollen + Water→ Honey5Fire + Honey→ Bee6Dust + Earth→ Planet7Fire + Planet→ Sun8Fire + Sun→ Solar9Plant + Solar→ Oxygen10Fire + Water→ Steam11Plant + Steam→ Tea12Earth + Plant→ Tree13Dust + Tree→ Wood14Tea + Wood→ Table15Oxygen + Table→ Periodic16Bee + Periodic→ Beryllium17Beryllium + Fire→ Be18Tree + Water→ River19Fire + Steam→ Engine20Engine + Plant→ Car21River + Tree→ Paper22Car + Paper→ Traffic Ticket23River + Traffic Ticket→ Fine24Be + Fine→ Before25Fire + Wind→ Smoke26Plant + Smoke→ Incense27Plant + Water→ Swamp28Incense + Swamp→ Mosquito29Earth + Earth→ Mountain30Plant + Wind→ Dandelion31Dandelion + Dandelion→ Dandelion Patch32Dandelion Patch + Wind→ Seeds33Fire + Seeds→ Popcorn34Mountain + Popcorn→ Movie35Mosquito + Movie→ It36Water + Water→ Lake37Earth + Engine→ Tractor38Lake + Tractor→ Plow39Plow + Water→ Canal40Canal + Mountain→ Lock41Earth + Lock→ Safe42It + Safe→ It’s43Before + It’s→ Before It’s Too Late44Dust + Fire→ Ash45Earth + Tractor→ Farm46Farm + Fire→ Barbecue47Ash + Barbecue→ Burger48Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger49Dust + Engine→ Vacuum50Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole51Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine52Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger53Engine + Wind→ Windmill54Tea + Windmill→ Dutch55Sun + Time Machine→ Future56Dutch + Future→ Tense57Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense58Wind + Wind→ Tornado59Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity60Future Tense + Singularity→ Present Tense61Before It’s Too Late + Present Tense→ Before It’s Too Present

Before It’s Too Present at a glance

Steps to craft
61
Marathon
Crafting depth
109
longer than 100% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 61 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Before It’s Too Present in Infinite Craft?

Combine Before It’s Too Late with Present Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 61 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Before It’s Too Present?

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

Is Before It’s Too Present hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 61 steps it is longer than 100% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Before It’s Too Present?

Only one known combination produces Before It’s Too Present.

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