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How to Make Excels in Infinite Craft

Excels is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 26 combinations to get there, and the final one is Excuses plus Letters. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

ExcusesLettersExcels

Marathon26 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 443 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 26 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4RiverTreePaper
  5. 5PaperPlantBook
  6. 6EarthWindDust
  7. 7DustEarthPlanet
  8. 8FirePlanetSun
  9. 9FireSunSolar
  10. 10PlanetSolarSystem
  11. 11FireSystemComputer
  12. 12WindWindTornado
  13. 13TornadoWaterTsunami
  14. 14ComputerTsunamiInternet
  15. 15EarthEarthMountain
  16. 16MountainMountainMountain Range
  17. 17InternetMountain RangeNetflix
  18. 18ComputerNetflixProcrastination
  19. 19BookProcrastinationExcuses
  20. 20EarthRiverDelta
  21. 21BookDeltaAlphabet
  22. 22PlantWindDandelion
  23. 23FireFireVolcano
  24. 24DandelionVolcanoFireworks
  25. 25AlphabetFireworksLetters
  26. 26ExcusesLettersExcels
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4River + Tree→ Paper5Paper + Plant→ Book6Earth + Wind→ Dust7Dust + Earth→ Planet8Fire + Planet→ Sun9Fire + Sun→ Solar10Planet + Solar→ System11Fire + System→ Computer12Wind + Wind→ Tornado13Tornado + Water→ Tsunami14Computer + Tsunami→ Internet15Earth + Earth→ Mountain16Mountain + Mountain→ Mountain Range17Internet + Mountain Range→ Netflix18Computer + Netflix→ Procrastination19Book + Procrastination→ Excuses20Earth + River→ Delta21Book + Delta→ Alphabet22Plant + Wind→ Dandelion23Fire + Fire→ Volcano24Dandelion + Volcano→ Fireworks25Alphabet + Fireworks→ Letters26Excuses + Letters→ Excels

Other ways to make Excels

3 combinations are known to produce Excels. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Excels
FirstSecondResult
ExcusesLettersExcels
ExcelPluralExcels
ExitcarLessExcels

Excels at a glance

Steps to craft
26
Marathon
Crafting depth
44
longer than 92% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 26 steps

Similar effort to Excels, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Excels in Infinite Craft?

Combine Excuses with Letters. The full path from the base elements takes 26 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Excels?

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

Is Excels hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 26 steps it is longer than 92% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Excels?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Excels, and the shortest route is shown above.

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