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How to Make A Thousand Futures in Infinite Craft

A Thousand Futures is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 62 combinations to get there, and the final one is A Thousand plus Future Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

A ThousandFuture TenseA Thousand Futures

Marathon62 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 113

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 62 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3SandWaterBeach
  4. 4FireSandGlass
  5. 5EarthGlassBottle
  6. 6BeachBottleMessage
  7. 7EarthMessageLetter
  8. 8EarthWindDust
  9. 9DustEarthPlanet
  10. 10FirePlanetSun
  11. 11SunWindSunflower
  12. 12LetterSunflowerA
  13. 13EarthEarthMountain
  14. 14MountainSandPyramid
  15. 15PyramidWaterTomb
  16. 16TombWaterMoses
  17. 17MosesMountainCommandments
  18. 18MountainMountainMountain Range
  19. 19FireWindSmoke
  20. 20SmokeWaterFog
  21. 21DustFogSmog
  22. 22Mountain RangeSmogLos Angeles
  23. 23CommandmentsLos Angeles10
  24. 24EarthWaterPlant
  25. 25EarthPlantTree
  26. 2610Tree100
  27. 27WindWindTornado
  28. 28TornadoWaterTsunami
  29. 29EarthTsunamiIsland
  30. 30EarthIslandContinent
  31. 31FireWaterSteam
  32. 32SteamWaveSurf
  33. 33ContinentSurfAustralia
  34. 34MountainWindAvalanche
  35. 35AvalancheWindSnow
  36. 36AustraliaSnowNo
  37. 37WaterWaterLake
  38. 38LakeWaterOcean
  39. 39NoOceanNot
  40. 40FireSteamEngine
  41. 41DustEngineVacuum
  42. 42FireVacuumBlack Hole
  43. 43Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  44. 44NotSingularityPlural
  45. 45100PluralHundreds
  46. 46HundredsPluralThousands
  47. 47AThousandsA Thousand
  48. 48DustFireAsh
  49. 49EarthEngineTractor
  50. 50EarthTractorFarm
  51. 51FarmFireBarbecue
  52. 52AshBarbecueBurger
  53. 53BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  54. 54Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  55. 55Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  56. 56PlantSteamTea
  57. 57EngineWindWindmill
  58. 58TeaWindmillDutch
  59. 59SunTime MachineFuture
  60. 60DutchFutureTense
  61. 61Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  62. 62A ThousandFuture TenseA Thousand Futures
Crafting tree
1Water + Windโ†’ Wave2Earth + Waveโ†’ Sand3Sand + Waterโ†’ Beach4Fire + Sandโ†’ Glass5Earth + Glassโ†’ Bottle6Beach + Bottleโ†’ Message7Earth + Messageโ†’ Letter8Earth + Windโ†’ Dust9Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet10Fire + Planetโ†’ Sun11Sun + Windโ†’ Sunflower12Letter + Sunflowerโ†’ A13Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain14Mountain + Sandโ†’ Pyramid15Pyramid + Waterโ†’ Tomb16Tomb + Waterโ†’ Moses17Moses + Mountainโ†’ Commandments18Mountain + Mountainโ†’ Mountain Range19Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke20Smoke + Waterโ†’ Fog21Dust + Fogโ†’ Smog22Mountain Range + Smogโ†’ Los Angeles23Commandments + Los Angelesโ†’ 1024Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant25Earth + Plantโ†’ Tree2610 + Treeโ†’ 10027Wind + Windโ†’ Tornado28Tornado + Waterโ†’ Tsunami29Earth + Tsunamiโ†’ Island30Earth + Islandโ†’ Continent31Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam32Steam + Waveโ†’ Surf33Continent + Surfโ†’ Australia34Mountain + Windโ†’ Avalanche35Avalanche + Windโ†’ Snow36Australia + Snowโ†’ No37Water + Waterโ†’ Lake38Lake + Waterโ†’ Ocean39No + Oceanโ†’ Not40Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine41Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum42Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole43Black Hole + Tornadoโ†’ Singularity44Not + Singularityโ†’ Plural45100 + Pluralโ†’ Hundreds46Hundreds + Pluralโ†’ Thousands47A + Thousandsโ†’ A Thousand48Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash49Earth + Engineโ†’ Tractor50Earth + Tractorโ†’ Farm51Farm + Fireโ†’ Barbecue52Ash + Barbecueโ†’ Burger53Burger + Waterโ†’ Soggy Burger54Black Hole + Engineโ†’ Time Machine55Soggy Burger + Time Machineโ†’ Future Burger56Plant + Steamโ†’ Tea57Engine + Windโ†’ Windmill58Tea + Windmillโ†’ Dutch59Sun + Time Machineโ†’ Future60Dutch + Futureโ†’ Tense61Future Burger + Tenseโ†’ Future Tense62A Thousand + Future Tenseโ†’ A Thousand Futures

A Thousand Futures at a glance

Steps to craft
62
Marathon
Crafting depth
113
longer than 100% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 62 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make A Thousand Futures in Infinite Craft?

Combine A Thousand with Future Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 62 steps.

How many steps does it take to make A Thousand Futures?

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

Is A Thousand Futures hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 62 steps it is longer than 100% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make A Thousand Futures?

Only one known combination produces A Thousand Futures.

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