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How to Make Shorts in Infinite Craft

Shorts 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 Pants plus Pants.

The final combination

PantsPantsShorts

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 288 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2EarthEarthMountain
  3. 3EarthWindDust
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5FireSteamEngine
  6. 6DustEngineVacuum
  7. 7VacuumWaterSponge
  8. 8SpongeSteamSpongeBob
  9. 9MountainSpongeBobMountainPants
  10. 10LakeMountainPantsLake Pants
  11. 11Lake PantsMountainPants
  12. 12PantsPantsShorts
Crafting tree
1Water + Waterโ†’ Lake2Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain3Earth + Windโ†’ Dust4Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam5Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine6Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum7Vacuum + Waterโ†’ Sponge8Sponge + Steamโ†’ SpongeBob9Mountain + SpongeBobโ†’ MountainPants10Lake + MountainPantsโ†’ Lake Pants11Lake Pants + Mountainโ†’ Pants12Pants + Pantsโ†’ Shorts

Other ways to make Shorts

8 combinations are known to produce Shorts. Here are 8 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Shorts
FirstSecondResult
PantsPantsShorts
PantsShortShorts
CaliforniaShortShorts
OppositePantsShorts
ShortSilkShorts
ShortSouthShorts
KneesShortShorts
ShortSometimesShorts

What you can make with Shorts

Shorts at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
28
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
8
ways to make it
Used in
17
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Shorts in Infinite Craft?

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

How many steps does it take to make Shorts?

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

Is Shorts 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 Shorts?

Yes. 8 combinations are known to produce Shorts, 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.