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How to Make Future Tears in Infinite Craft

Future Tears is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 35 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Mercury Tears. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseMercury TearsFuture Tears

Marathon35 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 59

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 35 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. 23FireWindSmoke
  24. 24SmokeWaterFog
  25. 25FogPlanetVenus
  26. 26SunVenusMercury
  27. 27WaterWaterLake
  28. 28EarthSteamMud
  29. 29EarthMudClay
  30. 30ClayWaterPottery
  31. 31PotteryWaterVase
  32. 32LakeVaseUrn
  33. 33UrnWaterTear
  34. 34MercuryTearMercury Tears
  35. 35Future TenseMercury TearsFuture Tears
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 Tense23Fire + Wind→ Smoke24Smoke + Water→ Fog25Fog + Planet→ Venus26Sun + Venus→ Mercury27Water + Water→ Lake28Earth + Steam→ Mud29Earth + Mud→ Clay30Clay + Water→ Pottery31Pottery + Water→ Vase32Lake + Vase→ Urn33Urn + Water→ Tear34Mercury + Tear→ Mercury Tears35Future Tense + Mercury Tears→ Future Tears

What you can make with Future Tears

Future Tears at a glance

Steps to craft
35
Marathon
Crafting depth
59
longer than 96% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 35 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Tears in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Mercury Tears. The full path from the base elements takes 35 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Tears?

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

Is Future Tears hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 35 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Tears?

Only one known combination produces Future Tears.

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