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How to Make Mortarboards in Infinite Craft

Mortarboards is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 44 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Mortars. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseMortarsMortarboards

Marathon44 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 74

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 44 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3FireWaterSteam
  4. 4FireSteamEngine
  5. 5EarthEngineTractor
  6. 6EarthTractorFarm
  7. 7FarmFireBarbecue
  8. 8AshBarbecueBurger
  9. 9BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  10. 10DustEngineVacuum
  11. 11FireVacuumBlack Hole
  12. 12Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  13. 13Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  14. 14EarthWaterPlant
  15. 15PlantSteamTea
  16. 16EngineWindWindmill
  17. 17TeaWindmillDutch
  18. 18DustEarthPlanet
  19. 19FirePlanetSun
  20. 20SunTime MachineFuture
  21. 21DutchFutureTense
  22. 22Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  23. 23EarthSteamMud
  24. 24FireMudBrick
  25. 25WaterWaterLake
  26. 26LakeWaterOcean
  27. 27AshOceanSalt
  28. 28BrickSaltMortar
  29. 29WindWindTornado
  30. 30TornadoWaterTsunami
  31. 31EarthTsunamiIsland
  32. 32EarthIslandContinent
  33. 33WaterWindWave
  34. 34SteamWaveSurf
  35. 35ContinentSurfAustralia
  36. 36EarthEarthMountain
  37. 37MountainWindAvalanche
  38. 38AvalancheWindSnow
  39. 39AustraliaSnowNo
  40. 40NoOceanNot
  41. 41Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  42. 42NotSingularityPlural
  43. 43MortarPluralMortars
  44. 44Future TenseMortarsMortarboards
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash3Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam4Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine5Earth + Engineโ†’ Tractor6Earth + Tractorโ†’ Farm7Farm + Fireโ†’ Barbecue8Ash + Barbecueโ†’ Burger9Burger + Waterโ†’ Soggy Burger10Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum11Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole12Black Hole + Engineโ†’ Time Machine13Soggy Burger + Time Machineโ†’ Future Burger14Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant15Plant + Steamโ†’ Tea16Engine + Windโ†’ Windmill17Tea + Windmillโ†’ Dutch18Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet19Fire + Planetโ†’ Sun20Sun + Time Machineโ†’ Future21Dutch + Futureโ†’ Tense22Future Burger + Tenseโ†’ Future Tense23Earth + Steamโ†’ Mud24Fire + Mudโ†’ Brick25Water + Waterโ†’ Lake26Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean27Ash + Oceanโ†’ Salt28Brick + Saltโ†’ Mortar29Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado30Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami31Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island32Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent33Water + Windโ†’ Wave34Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf35Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia36Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain37Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche38Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow39Australia + Snowโ†’ No40No + Oceanโ†’ Not41Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity42Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural43Mortar + Pluralโ†’ Mortars44Future Tense + Mortarsโ†’ Mortarboards

Mortarboards at a glance

Steps to craft
44
Marathon
Crafting depth
74
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 44 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Mortarboards in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Mortars. The full path from the base elements takes 44 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Mortarboards?

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

Is Mortarboards hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 44 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Mortarboards?

Only one known combination produces Mortarboards.

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