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How to Make Future Detour in Infinite Craft

Future Detour is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 30 combinations to get there, and the final one is Detour plus Future Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

DetourFuture TenseFuture Detour

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 56

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 30 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2EarthPlantTree
  3. 3TreeWaterRiver
  4. 4EarthRiverDelta
  5. 5EarthWindDust
  6. 6DustFireAsh
  7. 7AshFirePhoenix
  8. 8AshPhoenixRebirth
  9. 9FireWaterSteam
  10. 10PlantSteamTea
  11. 11RebirthTeaRe-Tea
  12. 12DeltaRe-TeaDetour
  13. 13FireSteamEngine
  14. 14EarthEngineTractor
  15. 15EarthTractorFarm
  16. 16FarmFireBarbecue
  17. 17AshBarbecueBurger
  18. 18BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  19. 19DustEngineVacuum
  20. 20FireVacuumBlack Hole
  21. 21Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  22. 22Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  23. 23EngineWindWindmill
  24. 24TeaWindmillDutch
  25. 25DustEarthPlanet
  26. 26FirePlanetSun
  27. 27SunTime MachineFuture
  28. 28DutchFutureTense
  29. 29Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  30. 30DetourFuture TenseFuture Detour
Crafting tree
1Earth + Water→ Plant2Earth + Plant→ Tree3Tree + Water→ River4Earth + River→ Delta5Earth + Wind→ Dust6Dust + Fire→ Ash7Ash + Fire→ Phoenix8Ash + Phoenix→ Rebirth9Fire + Water→ Steam10Plant + Steam→ Tea11Rebirth + Tea→ Re-Tea12Delta + Re-Tea→ Detour13Fire + Steam→ Engine14Earth + Engine→ Tractor15Earth + Tractor→ Farm16Farm + Fire→ Barbecue17Ash + Barbecue→ Burger18Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger19Dust + Engine→ Vacuum20Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole21Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine22Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger23Engine + Wind→ Windmill24Tea + Windmill→ Dutch25Dust + Earth→ Planet26Fire + Planet→ Sun27Sun + Time Machine→ Future28Dutch + Future→ Tense29Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense30Detour + Future Tense→ Future Detour

What you can make with Future Detour

Future Detour at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
56
longer than 94% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 30 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Detour in Infinite Craft?

Combine Detour with Future Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Detour?

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

Is Future Detour hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 30 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Detour?

Only one known combination produces Future Detour.

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