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How to Make Contemporaries in Infinite Craft

Contemporaries is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 52 combinations to get there, and the final one is Contemporary plus Plural. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

ContemporaryPluralContemporaries

Marathon52 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 66

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 52 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3DustPlantPollen
  4. 4PollenWindAllergy
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6FireSteamEngine
  7. 7EngineSteamTrain
  8. 8AllergyTrainHayride
  9. 9PollenWaterHoney
  10. 10HoneyWaterMeade
  11. 11HayrideMeadeMedieval
  12. 12PlantWindDandelion
  13. 13DandelionWaterWine
  14. 14WindWineBalloon
  15. 15BalloonDustDust Bunny
  16. 16PlantWaterSwamp
  17. 17FireSwampDragon
  18. 18DustFireAsh
  19. 19AshFirePhoenix
  20. 20DragonPhoenixYin Yang
  21. 21Dust BunnyYin YangOpposite
  22. 22MedievalOppositeModern
  23. 23WaterWaterLake
  24. 24EarthFireLava
  25. 25LavaWaterStone
  26. 26PlantStoneFossil
  27. 27FireFossilDinosaur
  28. 28DustWindSandstorm
  29. 29EarthPlantTree
  30. 30DustTreeWood
  31. 31SandstormWoodSandal
  32. 32DinosaurSandalThesaurus
  33. 33LakeThesaurusSynonym
  34. 34ModernSynonymContemporary
  35. 35WindWindTornado
  36. 36TornadoWaterTsunami
  37. 37EarthTsunamiIsland
  38. 38EarthIslandContinent
  39. 39WaterWindWave
  40. 40SteamWaveSurf
  41. 41ContinentSurfAustralia
  42. 42EarthEarthMountain
  43. 43MountainWindAvalanche
  44. 44AvalancheWindSnow
  45. 45AustraliaSnowNo
  46. 46LakeWaterOcean
  47. 47NoOceanNot
  48. 48DustEngineVacuum
  49. 49FireVacuumBlack Hole
  50. 50Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  51. 51NotSingularityPlural
  52. 52ContemporaryPluralContemporaries
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Earth + Water→ Plant3Dust + Plant→ Pollen4Pollen + Wind→ Allergy5Fire + Water→ Steam6Fire + Steam→ Engine7Engine + Steam→ Train8Allergy + Train→ Hayride9Pollen + Water→ Honey10Honey + Water→ Meade11Hayride + Meade→ Medieval12Plant + Wind→ Dandelion13Dandelion + Water→ Wine14Wind + Wine→ Balloon15Balloon + Dust→ Dust Bunny16Plant + Water→ Swamp17Fire + Swamp→ Dragon18Dust + Fire→ Ash19Ash + Fire→ Phoenix20Dragon + Phoenix→ Yin Yang21Dust Bunny + Yin Yang→ Opposite22Medieval + Opposite→ Modern23Water + Water→ Lake24Earth + Fire→ Lava25Lava + Water→ Stone26Plant + Stone→ Fossil27Fire + Fossil→ Dinosaur28Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm29Earth + Plant→ Tree30Dust + Tree→ Wood31Sandstorm + Wood→ Sandal32Dinosaur + Sandal→ Thesaurus33Lake + Thesaurus→ Synonym34Modern + Synonym→ Contemporary35Wind + Wind→ Tornado36Tornado + Water→ Tsunami37Earth + Tsunami→ Island38Earth + Island→ Continent39Water + Wind→ Wave40Steam + Wave→ Surf41Continent + Surf→ Australia42Earth + Earth→ Mountain43Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche44Avalanche + Wind→ Snow45Australia + Snow→ No46Lake + Water→ Ocean47No + Ocean→ Not48Dust + Engine→ Vacuum49Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole50Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity51Not + Singularity→ Plural52Contemporary + Plural→ Contemporaries

Contemporaries at a glance

Steps to craft
52
Marathon
Crafting depth
66
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 52 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Contemporaries in Infinite Craft?

Combine Contemporary with Plural. The full path from the base elements takes 52 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Contemporaries?

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

Is Contemporaries hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 52 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Contemporaries?

Only one known combination produces Contemporaries.

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