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How to Make Before They’re Too Late in Infinite Craft

Before They’re Too Late is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 60 combinations to get there, and the final one is Before It’s Too Late plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Before It’s Too LatePluralBefore They’re Too Late

Marathon60 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 87

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 60 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. 44WindWindTornado
  45. 45TornadoWaterTsunami
  46. 46EarthTsunamiIsland
  47. 47EarthIslandContinent
  48. 48WaterWindWave
  49. 49SteamWaveSurf
  50. 50ContinentSurfAustralia
  51. 51MountainWindAvalanche
  52. 52AvalancheWindSnow
  53. 53AustraliaSnowNo
  54. 54LakeWaterOcean
  55. 55NoOceanNot
  56. 56DustEngineVacuum
  57. 57FireVacuumBlack Hole
  58. 58Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  59. 59NotSingularityPlural
  60. 60Before It’s Too LatePluralBefore They’re Too Late
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 Late44Wind + Wind→ Tornado45Tornado + Water→ Tsunami46Earth + Tsunami→ Island47Earth + Island→ Continent48Water + Wind→ Wave49Steam + Wave→ Surf50Continent + Surf→ Australia51Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche52Avalanche + Wind→ Snow53Australia + Snow→ No54Lake + Water→ Ocean55No + Ocean→ Not56Dust + Engine→ Vacuum57Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole58Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity59Not + Singularity→ Plural60Before It’s Too Late + Plural→ Before They’re Too Late

Before They’re Too Late at a glance

Steps to craft
60
Marathon
Crafting depth
87
longer than 100% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Before They’re Too Late in Infinite Craft?

Combine Before It’s Too Late with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 60 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Before They’re Too Late?

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

Is Before They’re Too Late hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 60 steps it is longer than 100% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Before They’re Too Late?

Only one known combination produces Before They’re Too Late.

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