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How to Make Escape the Past in Infinite Craft

Escape the Past is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 22 combinations to get there, and the final one is Escape Room plus Time Travel. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Escape RoomTime TravelEscape the Past

Marathon22 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 29

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 22 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2EarthSteamMud
  3. 3FireMudBrick
  4. 4WindWindTornado
  5. 5TornadoWaterTsunami
  6. 6EarthTsunamiIsland
  7. 7BrickIslandPrison
  8. 8PrisonTsunamiPrison Break
  9. 9Prison BreakWaterEscape
  10. 10WaterWindWave
  11. 11EarthWaveSand
  12. 12FireSandGlass
  13. 13FireGlassLens
  14. 14LensWaterMicroscope
  15. 15EscapeMicroscopeEscape Room
  16. 16EarthWindDust
  17. 17FireSteamEngine
  18. 18DustEngineVacuum
  19. 19FireVacuumBlack Hole
  20. 20Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  21. 21SteamTime MachineTime Travel
  22. 22Escape RoomTime TravelEscape the Past
Crafting tree
1Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam2Earth + Steamโ†’ Mud3Fire + Mudโ†’ Brick4Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado5Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami6Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island7Brick + Islandโ†’ Prison8Prison + Tsunamiโ†’ Prison Break9Prison Break + Waterโ†’ Escape10Water + Windโ†’ Wave11Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand12Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass13Fire + Glassโ†’ Lens14Lens + Waterโ†’ Microscope15Escape + Microscopeโ†’ Escape Room16Earth + Windโ†’ Dust17Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine18Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum19Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole20Black Hole + Engineโ†’ Time Machine21Steam + Time Machineโ†’ Time Travel22Escape Room + Time Travelโ†’ Escape the Past

Escape the Past at a glance

Steps to craft
22
Marathon
Crafting depth
29
longer than 88% 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 Escape the Past in Infinite Craft?

Combine Escape Room with Time Travel. The full path from the base elements takes 22 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Escape the Past?

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

Is Escape the Past hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 22 steps it is longer than 88% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Escape the Past?

Only one known combination produces Escape the Past.

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