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How to Make Shortcuts in Infinite Craft

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

The final combination

ShortcutShortsShortcuts

Marathon27 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 472 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1EarthEarthMountain
  2. 2EarthWindDust
  3. 3WaterWaterLake
  4. 4LakeMountainFjord
  5. 5DustFjordTroll
  6. 6MountainTrollDwarf
  7. 7EarthWaterPlant
  8. 8DustPlantPollen
  9. 9PollenWaterHoney
  10. 10DustEarthPlanet
  11. 11EarthPlanetMoon
  12. 12HoneyMoonHoneymoon
  13. 13DwarfHoneymoonShort
  14. 14FireWaterSteam
  15. 15FireSteamEngine
  16. 16EngineSteamTrain
  17. 17TrainWaterSubmarine
  18. 18SubmarineTrainSubway
  19. 19ShortSubwayShortcut
  20. 20DustEngineVacuum
  21. 21VacuumWaterSponge
  22. 22SpongeSteamSpongeBob
  23. 23MountainSpongeBobMountainPants
  24. 24LakeMountainPantsLake Pants
  25. 25Lake PantsMountainPants
  26. 26PantsPantsShorts
  27. 27ShortcutShortsShortcuts
Crafting tree
1Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain2Earth + Windโ†’ Dust3Water + Waterโ†’ Lake4Lake + Mountainโ†’ Fjord5Dust + Fjordโ†’ Troll6Mountain + Trollโ†’ Dwarf7Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant8Dust + Plantโ†’ Pollen9Pollen + Waterโ†’ Honey10Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet11Earth + Planetโ†’ Moon12Honey + Moonโ†’ Honeymoon13Dwarf + Honeymoonโ†’ Short14Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam15Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine16Engine + Steamโ†’ Train17Train + Waterโ†’ Submarine18Submarine + Trainโ†’ Subway19Short + Subwayโ†’ Shortcut20Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum21Vacuum + Waterโ†’ Sponge22Sponge + Steamโ†’ SpongeBob23Mountain + SpongeBobโ†’ MountainPants24Lake + MountainPantsโ†’ Lake Pants25Lake Pants + Mountainโ†’ Pants26Pants + Pantsโ†’ Shorts27Shortcut + Shortsโ†’ Shortcuts

Other ways to make Shortcuts

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

Alternative combinations that produce Shortcuts
FirstSecondResult
D.c. ShortsLettersShortcuts
ShortcutShortsShortcuts

What you can make with Shortcuts

Shortcuts at a glance

Steps to craft
27
Marathon
Crafting depth
47
longer than 93% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 27 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Shortcuts in Infinite Craft?

Combine Shortcut with Shorts. The full path from the base elements takes 27 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Shortcuts?

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

Is Shortcuts 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 Shortcuts?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Shortcuts, 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.