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How to Make By The Way in Infinite Craft

By The Way is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 30 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Red Hot Chili Peppers. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseRed Hot Chili PeppersBy The Way

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 54

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 30 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3FireWaterSteam
  4. 4FireSteamEngine
  5. 5EarthEngineTractor
  6. 6EarthTractorFarm
  7. 7FarmFireBarbecue
  8. 8AshBarbecueBurger
  9. 9BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  10. 10DustEngineVacuum
  11. 11FireVacuumBlack Hole
  12. 12Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  13. 13Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  14. 14EarthWaterPlant
  15. 15PlantSteamTea
  16. 16EngineWindWindmill
  17. 17TeaWindmillDutch
  18. 18DustEarthPlanet
  19. 19FirePlanetSun
  20. 20SunTime MachineFuture
  21. 21DutchFutureTense
  22. 22Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  23. 23WindWindTornado
  24. 24PlanetTornadoCyclone
  25. 25CyclonePlanetJupiter
  26. 26CycloneJupiterRed Spot
  27. 27EngineSteamTrain
  28. 28Red SpotTrainRed Train
  29. 29FireRed TrainRed Hot Chili Peppers
  30. 30Future TenseRed Hot Chili PeppersBy The Way
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Fire + Water→ Steam4Fire + Steam→ Engine5Earth + Engine→ Tractor6Earth + Tractor→ Farm7Farm + Fire→ Barbecue8Ash + Barbecue→ Burger9Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger10Dust + Engine→ Vacuum11Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole12Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine13Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger14Earth + Water→ Plant15Plant + Steam→ Tea16Engine + Wind→ Windmill17Tea + Windmill→ Dutch18Dust + Earth→ Planet19Fire + Planet→ Sun20Sun + Time Machine→ Future21Dutch + Future→ Tense22Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense23Wind + Wind→ Tornado24Planet + Tornado→ Cyclone25Cyclone + Planet→ Jupiter26Cyclone + Jupiter→ Red Spot27Engine + Steam→ Train28Red Spot + Train→ Red Train29Fire + Red Train→ Red Hot Chili Peppers30Future Tense + Red Hot Chili Peppers→ By The Way

By The Way at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
54
longer than 94% 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 By The Way in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Red Hot Chili Peppers. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make By The Way?

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

Is By The Way hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 30 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make By The Way?

Only one known combination produces By The Way.

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