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How to Make Cheaper Past in Infinite Craft

Cheaper Past is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 48 combinations to get there, and the final one is Cheeper Future plus Opposite. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Cheeper FutureOppositeCheaper Past

Marathon48 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 81

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 48 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4PlantWindDandelion
  5. 5DandelionWaterWine
  6. 6SandWineSandwich
  7. 7EarthWindDust
  8. 8DustFireAsh
  9. 9AshPlantTobacco
  10. 10SandwichTobaccoCuban
  11. 11CubanDandelionChe Guevara
  12. 12FireWindSmoke
  13. 13SmokeWaterFog
  14. 14EarthPlantTree
  15. 15FogTreeGhost
  16. 16EarthFireLava
  17. 17LavaWaterStone
  18. 18LavaStoneObsidian
  19. 19GhostObsidianCreeper
  20. 20Che GuevaraCreeperCheeper
  21. 21FireWaterSteam
  22. 22FireSteamEngine
  23. 23EarthEngineTractor
  24. 24EarthTractorFarm
  25. 25FarmFireBarbecue
  26. 26AshBarbecueBurger
  27. 27BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  28. 28DustEngineVacuum
  29. 29FireVacuumBlack Hole
  30. 30Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  31. 31Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  32. 32PlantSteamTea
  33. 33EngineWindWindmill
  34. 34TeaWindmillDutch
  35. 35DustEarthPlanet
  36. 36FirePlanetSun
  37. 37SunTime MachineFuture
  38. 38DutchFutureTense
  39. 39Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  40. 40CheeperFuture TenseCheeper Future
  41. 41WindWineBalloon
  42. 42BalloonDustDust Bunny
  43. 43PlantWaterSwamp
  44. 44FireSwampDragon
  45. 45AshFirePhoenix
  46. 46DragonPhoenixYin Yang
  47. 47Dust BunnyYin YangOpposite
  48. 48Cheeper FutureOppositeCheaper Past
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Earth + Water→ Plant4Plant + Wind→ Dandelion5Dandelion + Water→ Wine6Sand + Wine→ Sandwich7Earth + Wind→ Dust8Dust + Fire→ Ash9Ash + Plant→ Tobacco10Sandwich + Tobacco→ Cuban11Cuban + Dandelion→ Che Guevara12Fire + Wind→ Smoke13Smoke + Water→ Fog14Earth + Plant→ Tree15Fog + Tree→ Ghost16Earth + Fire→ Lava17Lava + Water→ Stone18Lava + Stone→ Obsidian19Ghost + Obsidian→ Creeper20Che Guevara + Creeper→ Cheeper21Fire + Water→ Steam22Fire + Steam→ Engine23Earth + Engine→ Tractor24Earth + Tractor→ Farm25Farm + Fire→ Barbecue26Ash + Barbecue→ Burger27Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger28Dust + Engine→ Vacuum29Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole30Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine31Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger32Plant + Steam→ Tea33Engine + Wind→ Windmill34Tea + Windmill→ Dutch35Dust + Earth→ Planet36Fire + Planet→ Sun37Sun + Time Machine→ Future38Dutch + Future→ Tense39Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense40Cheeper + Future Tense→ Cheeper Future41Wind + Wine→ Balloon42Balloon + Dust→ Dust Bunny43Plant + Water→ Swamp44Fire + Swamp→ Dragon45Ash + Fire→ Phoenix46Dragon + Phoenix→ Yin Yang47Dust Bunny + Yin Yang→ Opposite48Cheeper Future + Opposite→ Cheaper Past

Cheaper Past at a glance

Steps to craft
48
Marathon
Crafting depth
81
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 48 steps

Similar effort to Cheaper Past, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cheaper Past in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cheeper Future with Opposite. The full path from the base elements takes 48 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cheaper Past?

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

Is Cheaper Past hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 48 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Cheaper Past?

Only one known combination produces Cheaper Past.

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