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How to Make Hard Time in Infinite Craft

Hard Time is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 18 combinations to get there, and the final one is Cider plus Penitentiary. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CiderPenitentiaryHard Time

Long18 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 212 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 18 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3DustPlantPollen
  4. 4PollenWaterHoney
  5. 5HoneyWaterMeade
  6. 6EarthMeadeCider
  7. 7FireWaterSteam
  8. 8EarthSteamMud
  9. 9WindWindTornado
  10. 10TornadoTornadoHurricane
  11. 11HurricaneSteamSteamboat
  12. 12MudSteamboatMississippi
  13. 13FireMudBrick
  14. 14TornadoWaterTsunami
  15. 15EarthTsunamiIsland
  16. 16BrickIslandPrison
  17. 17MississippiPrisonPenitentiary
  18. 18CiderPenitentiaryHard Time
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant3Dust + Plantโ†’ Pollen4Pollen + Waterโ†’ Honey5Honey + Waterโ†’ Meade6Earth + Meadeโ†’ Cider7Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam8Earth + Steamโ†’ Mud9Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado10Tornado + Tornadoโ†’ Hurricane11Hurricane + Steamโ†’ Steamboat12Mud + Steamboatโ†’ Mississippi13Fire + Mudโ†’ Brick14Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami15Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island16Brick + Islandโ†’ Prison17Mississippi + Prisonโ†’ Penitentiary18Cider + Penitentiaryโ†’ Hard Time

Other ways to make Hard Time

2 combinations are known to produce Hard Time. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Hard Time
FirstSecondResult
CiderPenitentiaryHard Time
InmateWorksHard Time

Hard Time at a glance

Steps to craft
18
Long
Crafting depth
21
longer than 83% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 18 steps

Similar effort to Hard Time, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hard Time in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cider with Penitentiary. The full path from the base elements takes 18 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hard Time?

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

Is Hard Time hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 18 steps it is longer than 83% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hard Time?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Hard Time, 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.