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How to Make Future Tongs in Infinite Craft

Future Tongs is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 38 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Tongs. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseTongsFuture Tongs

Marathon38 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 66

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 38 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. 23WindWindTornado
  24. 24TornadoTornadoHurricane
  25. 25EarthSteamMud
  26. 26EarthMudClay
  27. 27ClayWaterPottery
  28. 28PlanetPotteryPlate
  29. 29HurricanePlateFork
  30. 30EnginePlantCar
  31. 31CarEarthTire
  32. 32FireTireRubber
  33. 33RubberTornadoRubberband
  34. 34EarthPlanetMoon
  35. 35MoonWindWerewolf
  36. 36RubberbandWerewolfStretch
  37. 37ForkStretchTongs
  38. 38Future TenseTongsFuture Tongs
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 Tense23Wind + Wind→ Tornado24Tornado + Tornado→ Hurricane25Earth + Steam→ Mud26Earth + Mud→ Clay27Clay + Water→ Pottery28Planet + Pottery→ Plate29Hurricane + Plate→ Fork30Engine + Plant→ Car31Car + Earth→ Tire32Fire + Tire→ Rubber33Rubber + Tornado→ Rubberband34Earth + Planet→ Moon35Moon + Wind→ Werewolf36Rubberband + Werewolf→ Stretch37Fork + Stretch→ Tongs38Future Tense + Tongs→ Future Tongs

Future Tongs at a glance

Steps to craft
38
Marathon
Crafting depth
66
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 38 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Future Tongs in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Tongs. The full path from the base elements takes 38 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Future Tongs?

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

Is Future Tongs hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 38 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Future Tongs?

Only one known combination produces Future Tongs.

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