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How to Make Drain the Future in Infinite Craft

Drain the Future is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 32 combinations to get there, and the final one is Drain Rock plus Future Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Drain RockFuture TenseDrain the Future

Marathon32 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 592 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 32 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2FireWaterSteam
  3. 3FireSteamEngine
  4. 4DustEngineVacuum
  5. 5FireVacuumBlack Hole
  6. 6Black HoleWaterDrain
  7. 7EarthFireLava
  8. 8LavaWaterStone
  9. 9StoneWaterRock
  10. 10EarthWaterPlant
  11. 11PlantWaterSwamp
  12. 12PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  13. 13SwampVenus FlytrapSwamp Thing
  14. 14RockSwamp ThingRock Thing
  15. 15DrainRock ThingDrain Rock
  16. 16DustFireAsh
  17. 17EarthEngineTractor
  18. 18EarthTractorFarm
  19. 19FarmFireBarbecue
  20. 20AshBarbecueBurger
  21. 21BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  22. 22Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  23. 23Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  24. 24PlantSteamTea
  25. 25EngineWindWindmill
  26. 26TeaWindmillDutch
  27. 27DustEarthPlanet
  28. 28FirePlanetSun
  29. 29SunTime MachineFuture
  30. 30DutchFutureTense
  31. 31Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  32. 32Drain RockFuture TenseDrain the Future
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Fire + Water→ Steam3Fire + Steam→ Engine4Dust + Engine→ Vacuum5Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole6Black Hole + Water→ Drain7Earth + Fire→ Lava8Lava + Water→ Stone9Stone + Water→ Rock10Earth + Water→ Plant11Plant + Water→ Swamp12Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap13Swamp + Venus Flytrap→ Swamp Thing14Rock + Swamp Thing→ Rock Thing15Drain + Rock Thing→ Drain Rock16Dust + Fire→ Ash17Earth + Engine→ Tractor18Earth + Tractor→ Farm19Farm + Fire→ Barbecue20Ash + Barbecue→ Burger21Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger22Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine23Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger24Plant + Steam→ Tea25Engine + Wind→ Windmill26Tea + Windmill→ Dutch27Dust + Earth→ Planet28Fire + Planet→ Sun29Sun + Time Machine→ Future30Dutch + Future→ Tense31Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense32Drain Rock + Future Tense→ Drain the Future

Other ways to make Drain the Future

2 combinations are known to produce Drain the Future. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Drain the Future
FirstSecondResult
Drain PirateFuture TenseDrain the Future
Drain RockFuture TenseDrain the Future

Drain the Future at a glance

Steps to craft
32
Marathon
Crafting depth
59
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 32 steps

Similar effort to Drain the Future, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Drain the Future in Infinite Craft?

Combine Drain Rock with Future Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 32 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Drain the Future?

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

Is Drain the Future hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 32 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Drain the Future?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Drain the Future, 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.