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How to Make Actual in Infinite Craft

Actual is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 29 combinations to get there, and the final one is Not plus Potential. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

NotPotentialActual

Marathon29 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 352 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 29 combinations in order.

  1. 1WindWindTornado
  2. 2TornadoWaterTsunami
  3. 3EarthTsunamiIsland
  4. 4EarthIslandContinent
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6WaterWindWave
  7. 7SteamWaveSurf
  8. 8ContinentSurfAustralia
  9. 9EarthEarthMountain
  10. 10MountainWindAvalanche
  11. 11AvalancheWindSnow
  12. 12AustraliaSnowNo
  13. 13WaterWaterLake
  14. 14LakeWaterOcean
  15. 15NoOceanNot
  16. 16EarthWindDust
  17. 17DustEarthPlanet
  18. 18FirePlanetSun
  19. 19FireSteamEngine
  20. 20DustEngineVacuum
  21. 21FireVacuumBlack Hole
  22. 22Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  23. 23SunTime MachineFuture
  24. 24EarthWaterPlant
  25. 25PlantWindDandelion
  26. 26DandelionPlantWeed
  27. 27PlantWeedPot
  28. 28FuturePotPotential
  29. 29NotPotentialActual
Crafting tree
1Wind + Wind→ Tornado2Tornado + Water→ Tsunami3Earth + Tsunami→ Island4Earth + Island→ Continent5Fire + Water→ Steam6Water + Wind→ Wave7Steam + Wave→ Surf8Continent + Surf→ Australia9Earth + Earth→ Mountain10Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche11Avalanche + Wind→ Snow12Australia + Snow→ No13Water + Water→ Lake14Lake + Water→ Ocean15No + Ocean→ Not16Earth + Wind→ Dust17Dust + Earth→ Planet18Fire + Planet→ Sun19Fire + Steam→ Engine20Dust + Engine→ Vacuum21Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole22Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine23Sun + Time Machine→ Future24Earth + Water→ Plant25Plant + Wind→ Dandelion26Dandelion + Plant→ Weed27Plant + Weed→ Pot28Future + Pot→ Potential29Not + Potential→ Actual

Other ways to make Actual

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

Alternative combinations that produce Actual
FirstSecondResult
NotPotentialActual
PotentialRealActual

What you can make with Actual

Actual at a glance

Steps to craft
29
Marathon
Crafting depth
35
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
34
other combinations

Other elements that take 29 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Actual in Infinite Craft?

Combine Not with Potential. The full path from the base elements takes 29 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Actual?

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

Is Actual hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 29 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Actual?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Actual, 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.