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How to Make Herodotus in Infinite Craft

Herodotus is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 17 combinations to get there, and the final one is History plus Rainbowfish. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

HistoryRainbowfishHerodotus

Long17 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 245 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 17 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3WaterWindWave
  4. 4EarthWaveSand
  5. 5FireSandGlass
  6. 6GlassSandHourglass
  7. 7FireHourglassTime
  8. 8AshTimeHistory
  9. 9FireWaterSteam
  10. 10SteamWindCloud
  11. 11WaterWaterLake
  12. 12LakeWaterOcean
  13. 13OceanWaterFish
  14. 14CloudFishRainbow Trout
  15. 15DustFishStarfish
  16. 16Rainbow TroutStarfishRainbowfish
  17. 17HistoryRainbowfishHerodotus
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash3Water + Windโ†’ Wave4Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand5Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass6Glass + Sandโ†’ Hourglass7Fire + Hourglassโ†’ Time8Ash + Timeโ†’ History9Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam10Steam + Windโ†’ Cloud11Water + Waterโ†’ Lake12Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean13Ocean + Waterโ†’ Fish14Cloud + Fishโ†’ Rainbow Trout15Dust + Fishโ†’ Starfish16Rainbow Trout + Starfishโ†’ Rainbowfish17History + Rainbowfishโ†’ Herodotus

Other ways to make Herodotus

5 combinations are known to produce Herodotus. Here are 5 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Herodotus
FirstSecondResult
420 BCMangroveHerodotus
HistoryMangrove SnapperHerodotus
HistoryRainbowfishHerodotus
HistoryPerithorHerodotus
HiStoryPerithorHerodotus

What you can make with Herodotus

Herodotus at a glance

Steps to craft
17
Long
Crafting depth
24
longer than 81% of solved elements
Known recipes
5
ways to make it
Used in
8
other combinations

Other elements that take 17 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Herodotus in Infinite Craft?

Combine History with Rainbowfish. The full path from the base elements takes 17 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Herodotus?

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

Is Herodotus hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 17 steps it is longer than 81% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Herodotus?

Yes. 5 combinations are known to produce Herodotus, 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.