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How to Make Future Purpose in Infinite Craft

Future Purpose is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 47 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Nowpurpose. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseNowpurposeFuture Purpose

Marathon47 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 84

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 47 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. 36DustWindSandstorm
  37. 37PlanetSandstormMars
  38. 38EarthMarsLife
  39. 39SandWaterBeach
  40. 40EarthGlassBottle
  41. 41BeachBottleMessage
  42. 42DustMessageSpam
  43. 43MountainSpamMonty Python
  44. 44LifeMonty PythonMeaning
  45. 45LifeMeaningPurpose
  46. 46NowPurposeNowpurpose
  47. 47Future TenseNowpurposeFuture Purpose
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→ Now36Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm37Planet + Sandstorm→ Mars38Earth + Mars→ Life39Sand + Water→ Beach40Earth + Glass→ Bottle41Beach + Bottle→ Message42Dust + Message→ Spam43Mountain + Spam→ Monty Python44Life + Monty Python→ Meaning45Life + Meaning→ Purpose46Now + Purpose→ Nowpurpose47Future Tense + Nowpurpose→ Future Purpose

Future Purpose at a glance

Steps to craft
47
Marathon
Crafting depth
84
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 47 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Purpose in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Nowpurpose. The full path from the base elements takes 47 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Purpose?

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

Is Future Purpose hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 47 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Purpose?

Only one known combination produces Future Purpose.

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