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How to Make Future Hopeless in Infinite Craft

Future Hopeless is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 38 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Hopeless. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseHopelessFuture Hopeless

Marathon38 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 61

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 38 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3FireWaterSteam
  4. 4FireSteamEngine
  5. 5EarthEngineTractor
  6. 6EarthTractorFarm
  7. 7FarmFireBarbecue
  8. 8AshBarbecueBurger
  9. 9BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  10. 10DustEngineVacuum
  11. 11FireVacuumBlack Hole
  12. 12Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  13. 13Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  14. 14EarthWaterPlant
  15. 15PlantSteamTea
  16. 16EngineWindWindmill
  17. 17TeaWindmillDutch
  18. 18DustEarthPlanet
  19. 19FirePlanetSun
  20. 20SunTime MachineFuture
  21. 21DutchFutureTense
  22. 22Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  23. 23FireWindSmoke
  24. 24SmokeWaterFog
  25. 25EarthPlantTree
  26. 26TreeWaterRiver
  27. 27RiverTreePaper
  28. 28EarthPaperMap
  29. 29FogMapLost
  30. 30EarthFireLava
  31. 31LavaWaterStone
  32. 32WaterWindWave
  33. 33SteamWaveSurf
  34. 34SurfWindSurfing
  35. 35StoneSurfingSkimming
  36. 36SkimmingStoneSkipping
  37. 37LostSkippingHopeless
  38. 38Future TenseHopelessFuture Hopeless
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Fire + Water→ Steam4Fire + Steam→ Engine5Earth + Engine→ Tractor6Earth + Tractor→ Farm7Farm + Fire→ Barbecue8Ash + Barbecue→ Burger9Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger10Dust + Engine→ Vacuum11Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole12Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine13Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger14Earth + Water→ Plant15Plant + Steam→ Tea16Engine + Wind→ Windmill17Tea + Windmill→ Dutch18Dust + Earth→ Planet19Fire + Planet→ Sun20Sun + Time Machine→ Future21Dutch + Future→ Tense22Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense23Fire + Wind→ Smoke24Smoke + Water→ Fog25Earth + Plant→ Tree26Tree + Water→ River27River + Tree→ Paper28Earth + Paper→ Map29Fog + Map→ Lost30Earth + Fire→ Lava31Lava + Water→ Stone32Water + Wind→ Wave33Steam + Wave→ Surf34Surf + Wind→ Surfing35Stone + Surfing→ Skimming36Skimming + Stone→ Skipping37Lost + Skipping→ Hopeless38Future Tense + Hopeless→ Future Hopeless

Future Hopeless at a glance

Steps to craft
38
Marathon
Crafting depth
61
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 38 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Hopeless in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Hopeless. The full path from the base elements takes 38 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Hopeless?

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

Is Future Hopeless hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 38 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Hopeless?

Only one known combination produces Future Hopeless.

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