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How to Make Historian in Infinite Craft

Historian sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 12 steps from the four base elements, finishing with History plus Surfer.

The final combination

HistorySurferHistorian

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 179 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 12 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3WaterWindWave
  4. 4EarthWaveSand
  5. 5FireSandGlass
  6. 6GlassSandHourglass
  7. 7FireHourglassTime
  8. 8AshTimeHistory
  9. 9FireWaterSteam
  10. 10SteamWaveSurf
  11. 11SurfWaveSurfer
  12. 12HistorySurferHistorian
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash3Water + Windโ†’ Wave4Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand5Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass6Glass + Sandโ†’ Hourglass7Fire + Hourglassโ†’ Time8Ash + Timeโ†’ History9Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam10Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf11Surf + Waveโ†’ Surfer12History + Surferโ†’ Historian

Other ways to make Historian

9 combinations are known to produce Historian. Here are 9 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Historian
FirstSecondResult
HistorySmokerHistorian
HistorySurferHistorian
HistoryTransformerHistorian
HistoryPiranhaHistorian
HistoryStonerHistorian
HistoryMoleHistorian
HistoryRangerHistorian
HiStorySurferHistorian
JournalTogaHistorian

What you can make with Historian

Historian at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
17
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
9
ways to make it
Used in
46
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Historian in Infinite Craft?

Combine History with Surfer. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Historian?

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

Is Historian hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 12 steps it is longer than 58% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Historian?

Yes. 9 combinations are known to produce Historian, 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.