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How to Make Future Pain in Infinite Craft

Future Pain is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 40 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Nowpain. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseNowpainFuture Pain

Marathon40 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 683 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 40 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. 25FireSandGlass
  26. 26GlassSandHourglass
  27. 27FireHourglassTime
  28. 28PlantWindDandelion
  29. 29DandelionWaterWine
  30. 30WindWineBalloon
  31. 31EarthPlantTree
  32. 32BalloonTreeBonsai
  33. 33EarthEarthMountain
  34. 34BonsaiMountainZen
  35. 35TimeZenNow
  36. 36FireGlassLens
  37. 37LensSunSunburn
  38. 38FireSunburnPain
  39. 39NowPainNowpain
  40. 40Future TenseNowpainFuture Pain
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→ Sand25Fire + Sand→ Glass26Glass + Sand→ Hourglass27Fire + Hourglass→ Time28Plant + Wind→ Dandelion29Dandelion + Water→ Wine30Wind + Wine→ Balloon31Earth + Plant→ Tree32Balloon + Tree→ Bonsai33Earth + Earth→ Mountain34Bonsai + Mountain→ Zen35Time + Zen→ Now36Fire + Glass→ Lens37Lens + Sun→ Sunburn38Fire + Sunburn→ Pain39Now + Pain→ Nowpain40Future Tense + Nowpain→ Future Pain

Other ways to make Future Pain

3 combinations are known to produce Future Pain. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Future Pain
FirstSecondResult
Future TenseNowpainFuture Pain
Future TenseTwopainFuture Pain
Future TenseTWOPAINFuture Pain

Future Pain at a glance

Steps to craft
40
Marathon
Crafting depth
68
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 40 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Pain in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Nowpain. The full path from the base elements takes 40 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Pain?

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

Is Future Pain hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 40 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Pain?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Future Pain, 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.