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How to Make Past Volcanologist in Infinite Craft

Past Volcanologist is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 40 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Volcanologist plus Opposite. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future VolcanologistOppositePast Volcanologist

Marathon40 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 68

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 40 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. 23PlantWindDandelion
  24. 24DandelionWaterWine
  25. 25WindWineBalloon
  26. 26FireWindSmoke
  27. 27SmokeWaterFog
  28. 28EarthPlantTree
  29. 29FogTreeGhost
  30. 30BalloonGhostGhostbuster
  31. 31EarthFireLava
  32. 32GhostbusterLavaVolcanologist
  33. 33Future TenseVolcanologistFuture Volcanologist
  34. 34BalloonDustDust Bunny
  35. 35PlantWaterSwamp
  36. 36FireSwampDragon
  37. 37AshFirePhoenix
  38. 38DragonPhoenixYin Yang
  39. 39Dust BunnyYin YangOpposite
  40. 40Future VolcanologistOppositePast Volcanologist
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Fire + Water→ Steam4Fire + Steam→ Engine5Earth + Engine→ Tractor6Earth + Tractor→ Farm7Farm + Fire→ Barbecue8Ash + Barbecue→ Burger9Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger10Dust + Engine→ Vacuum11Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole12Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine13Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger14Earth + Water→ Plant15Plant + Steam→ Tea16Engine + Wind→ Windmill17Tea + Windmill→ Dutch18Dust + Earth→ Planet19Fire + Planet→ Sun20Sun + Time Machine→ Future21Dutch + Future→ Tense22Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense23Plant + Wind→ Dandelion24Dandelion + Water→ Wine25Wind + Wine→ Balloon26Fire + Wind→ Smoke27Smoke + Water→ Fog28Earth + Plant→ Tree29Fog + Tree→ Ghost30Balloon + Ghost→ Ghostbuster31Earth + Fire→ Lava32Ghostbuster + Lava→ Volcanologist33Future Tense + Volcanologist→ Future Volcanologist34Balloon + Dust→ Dust Bunny35Plant + Water→ Swamp36Fire + Swamp→ Dragon37Ash + Fire→ Phoenix38Dragon + Phoenix→ Yin Yang39Dust Bunny + Yin Yang→ Opposite40Future Volcanologist + Opposite→ Past Volcanologist

Past Volcanologist at a glance

Steps to craft
40
Marathon
Crafting depth
68
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 40 steps

Similar effort to Past Volcanologist, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Past Volcanologist in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Volcanologist with Opposite. The full path from the base elements takes 40 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Past Volcanologist?

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

Is Past Volcanologist hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 40 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Past Volcanologist?

Only one known combination produces Past Volcanologist.

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