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How to Make Future Lakes in Infinite Craft

Future Lakes is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 31 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Lakes. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseLakesFuture Lakes

Marathon31 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 55

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 31 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. 23WaterWaterLake
  24. 24EarthEarthMountain
  25. 25LakeMountainFjord
  26. 26FjordMountainNorway
  27. 27AshNorwayOslo
  28. 28AshEarthSoil
  29. 29OsloSoilSols
  30. 30LakeSolsLakes
  31. 31Future TenseLakesFuture Lakes
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash3Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam4Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine5Earth + Engineโ†’ Tractor6Earth + Tractorโ†’ Farm7Farm + Fireโ†’ Barbecue8Ash + Barbecueโ†’ Burger9Burger + Waterโ†’ Soggy Burger10Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum11Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole12Black Hole + Engineโ†’ Time Machine13Soggy Burger + Time Machineโ†’ Future Burger14Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant15Plant + Steamโ†’ Tea16Engine + Windโ†’ Windmill17Tea + Windmillโ†’ Dutch18Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet19Fire + Planetโ†’ Sun20Sun + Time Machineโ†’ Future21Dutch + Futureโ†’ Tense22Future Burger + Tenseโ†’ Future Tense23Water + Waterโ†’ Lake24Earth + Earthโ†’ Mountain25Lake + Mountainโ†’ Fjord26Fjord + Mountainโ†’ Norway27Ash + Norwayโ†’ Oslo28Ash + Earthโ†’ Soil29Oslo + Soilโ†’ Sols30Lake + Solsโ†’ Lakes31Future Tense + Lakesโ†’ Future Lakes

What you can make with Future Lakes

Future Lakes at a glance

Steps to craft
31
Marathon
Crafting depth
55
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 31 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Lakes in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Lakes. The full path from the base elements takes 31 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Lakes?

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

Is Future Lakes hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 31 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Lakes?

Only one known combination produces Future Lakes.

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