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How to Make Time Crab in Infinite Craft

Time Crab is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 18 combinations to get there, and the final one is Snow Crab plus Spacetime. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Snow CrabSpacetimeTime Crab

Long18 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 233 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 18 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthEarthMountain
  2. 2MountainWindAvalanche
  3. 3EarthWindDust
  4. 4DustWindSandstorm
  5. 5EarthSandstormDune
  6. 6EarthWaterPlant
  7. 7WaterWindWave
  8. 8PlantWaveSeaweed
  9. 9DuneSeaweedCrab
  10. 10AvalancheCrabSnow Crab
  11. 11FireWaterSteam
  12. 12FireSteamEngine
  13. 13DustEngineVacuum
  14. 14FireVacuumBlack Hole
  15. 15EnginePlantCar
  16. 16CarEarthTire
  17. 17Black HoleTireSpacetime
  18. 18Snow CrabSpacetimeTime Crab
Crafting tree
1Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain2Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche3Earth + Windโ†’ Dust4Dust + Windโ†’ Sandstorm5Earth + Sandstormโ†’ Dune6Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant7Water + Windโ†’ Wave8Plant + Waveโ†’ Seaweed9Dune + Seaweedโ†’ Crab10Avalanche + Crabโ†’ Snow Crab11Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam12Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine13Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum14Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole15Engine + Plantโ†’ Car16Car + Earthโ†’ Tire17Black Hole + Tireโ†’ Spacetime18Snow Crab + Spacetimeโ†’ Time Crab

Other ways to make Time Crab

3 combinations are known to produce Time Crab. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Time Crab
FirstSecondResult
Snow CrabSpacetimeTime Crab
Future HiddenMolecrabTime Crab
Future SearchTime AmbercrabTime Crab

Time Crab at a glance

Steps to craft
18
Long
Crafting depth
23
longer than 83% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 18 steps

Similar effort to Time Crab, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Time Crab in Infinite Craft?

Combine Snow Crab with Spacetime. The full path from the base elements takes 18 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Time Crab?

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

Is Time Crab hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 18 steps it is longer than 83% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Time Crab?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Time Crab, 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.