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How to Make Keys in Infinite Craft

Keys is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 27 combinations to get there, and the final one is Key plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

KeyPluralKeys

Marathon27 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 342 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 27 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2FireWaterSteam
  3. 3FireSteamEngine
  4. 4EarthEngineTractor
  5. 5LakeTractorPlow
  6. 6PlowWaterCanal
  7. 7EarthEarthMountain
  8. 8CanalMountainLock
  9. 9FireLockKey
  10. 10WindWindTornado
  11. 11TornadoWaterTsunami
  12. 12EarthTsunamiIsland
  13. 13EarthIslandContinent
  14. 14WaterWindWave
  15. 15SteamWaveSurf
  16. 16ContinentSurfAustralia
  17. 17MountainWindAvalanche
  18. 18AvalancheWindSnow
  19. 19AustraliaSnowNo
  20. 20LakeWaterOcean
  21. 21NoOceanNot
  22. 22EarthWindDust
  23. 23DustEngineVacuum
  24. 24FireVacuumBlack Hole
  25. 25Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  26. 26NotSingularityPlural
  27. 27KeyPluralKeys
Crafting tree
1Water + Waterโ†’ Lake2Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam3Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine4Earth + Engineโ†’ Tractor5Lake + Tractorโ†’ Plow6Plow + Waterโ†’ Canal7Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain8Canal + Mountainโ†’ Lock9Fire + Lockโ†’ Key10Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado11Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami12Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island13Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent14Water + Windโ†’ Wave15Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf16Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia17Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche18Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow19Australia + Snowโ†’ No20Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean21No + Oceanโ†’ Not22Earth + Windโ†’ Dust23Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum24Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole25Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity26Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural27Key + Pluralโ†’ Keys

Other ways to make Keys

2 combinations are known to produce Keys. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Keys
FirstSecondResult
KeyPluralKeys
PeterTheseKeys

What you can make with Keys

Keys at a glance

Steps to craft
27
Marathon
Crafting depth
34
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
2
other combinations

Other elements that take 27 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Keys in Infinite Craft?

Combine Key with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 27 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Keys?

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

Is Keys hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 27 steps it is longer than 93% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Keys?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Keys, 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.