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How to Make Future Shard in Infinite Craft

Future Shard is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 33 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Shard Thing. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseShard ThingFuture Shard

Marathon33 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 55

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 33 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. 26WindWindTornado
  27. 27TornadoWaterTsunami
  28. 28GlassTsunamiShard
  29. 29PlantWaterSwamp
  30. 30PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  31. 31SwampVenus FlytrapSwamp Thing
  32. 32ShardSwamp ThingShard Thing
  33. 33Future TenseShard ThingFuture Shard
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→ Glass26Wind + Wind→ Tornado27Tornado + Water→ Tsunami28Glass + Tsunami→ Shard29Plant + Water→ Swamp30Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap31Swamp + Venus Flytrap→ Swamp Thing32Shard + Swamp Thing→ Shard Thing33Future Tense + Shard Thing→ Future Shard

What you can make with Future Shard

Future Shard at a glance

Steps to craft
33
Marathon
Crafting depth
55
longer than 96% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 33 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Shard in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Shard Thing. The full path from the base elements takes 33 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Shard?

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

Is Future Shard hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 33 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Shard?

Only one known combination produces Future Shard.

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