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How to Make Future Incompetent in Infinite Craft

Future Incompetent is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 51 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Incompetent. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseIncompetentFuture Incompetent

Marathon51 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 106

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 51 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. 23WaterWindWave
  24. 24EarthWaveSand
  25. 25SandWaterBeach
  26. 26EarthFireLava
  27. 27LavaWaterStone
  28. 28PlantStoneFossil
  29. 29FossilWaterOil
  30. 30PlantWaterSwamp
  31. 31OilSwampTar
  32. 32TarWaterPitch
  33. 33EarthPitchBaseball
  34. 34EnginePlantCar
  35. 35EarthSteamMud
  36. 36CarMudRally
  37. 37PlantRallyProtest
  38. 38EngineProtestStrike
  39. 39BaseballStrikeOut
  40. 40BeachOutIn
  41. 41FireSandGlass
  42. 42FireGlassLens
  43. 43LensPlantCamera
  44. 44GlassSteamMirror
  45. 45FireFireVolcano
  46. 46MirrorVolcanoEcho
  47. 47CarEchoReverse
  48. 48CameraReverseAmateur
  49. 49AmateurAmateurProfessional
  50. 50InProfessionalIncompetent
  51. 51Future TenseIncompetentFuture Incompetent
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 Tense23Water + Wind→ Wave24Earth + Wave→ Sand25Sand + Water→ Beach26Earth + Fire→ Lava27Lava + Water→ Stone28Plant + Stone→ Fossil29Fossil + Water→ Oil30Plant + Water→ Swamp31Oil + Swamp→ Tar32Tar + Water→ Pitch33Earth + Pitch→ Baseball34Engine + Plant→ Car35Earth + Steam→ Mud36Car + Mud→ Rally37Plant + Rally→ Protest38Engine + Protest→ Strike39Baseball + Strike→ Out40Beach + Out→ In41Fire + Sand→ Glass42Fire + Glass→ Lens43Lens + Plant→ Camera44Glass + Steam→ Mirror45Fire + Fire→ Volcano46Mirror + Volcano→ Echo47Car + Echo→ Reverse48Camera + Reverse→ Amateur49Amateur + Amateur→ Professional50In + Professional→ Incompetent51Future Tense + Incompetent→ Future Incompetent

Future Incompetent at a glance

Steps to craft
51
Marathon
Crafting depth
106
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 51 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Incompetent in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Incompetent. The full path from the base elements takes 51 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Incompetent?

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

Is Future Incompetent hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 51 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Incompetent?

Only one known combination produces Future Incompetent.

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