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How to Make How Are Things in Infinite Craft

How Are Things is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 54 combinations to get there, and the final one is Howits plus Present Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

HowitsPresent TenseHow Are Things

Marathon54 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 100

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 54 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3WaterWaterLake
  4. 4EngineLakeBoat
  5. 5EarthWindDust
  6. 6DustEarthPlanet
  7. 7EnginePlanetSaturn
  8. 8EarthSaturnTitan
  9. 9EarthTitanAtlas
  10. 10EarthWaterPlant
  11. 11PlantWaterSwamp
  12. 12PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  13. 13SwampVenus FlytrapSwamp Thing
  14. 14AtlasSwamp ThingShrugging Man
  15. 15LakeShrugging ManWhat
  16. 16BoatWhatHow
  17. 17FireWindSmoke
  18. 18PlantSmokeIncense
  19. 19IncenseSwampMosquito
  20. 20EarthEarthMountain
  21. 21PlantWindDandelion
  22. 22DandelionDandelionDandelion Patch
  23. 23Dandelion PatchWindSeeds
  24. 24FireSeedsPopcorn
  25. 25MountainPopcornMovie
  26. 26MosquitoMovieIt
  27. 27EarthEngineTractor
  28. 28LakeTractorPlow
  29. 29PlowWaterCanal
  30. 30CanalMountainLock
  31. 31EarthLockSafe
  32. 32ItSafeIt’s
  33. 33ItIt’sIts
  34. 34HowItsHowits
  35. 35DustFireAsh
  36. 36EarthTractorFarm
  37. 37FarmFireBarbecue
  38. 38AshBarbecueBurger
  39. 39BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  40. 40DustEngineVacuum
  41. 41FireVacuumBlack Hole
  42. 42Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  43. 43Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  44. 44PlantSteamTea
  45. 45EngineWindWindmill
  46. 46TeaWindmillDutch
  47. 47FirePlanetSun
  48. 48SunTime MachineFuture
  49. 49DutchFutureTense
  50. 50Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  51. 51WindWindTornado
  52. 52Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  53. 53Future TenseSingularityPresent Tense
  54. 54HowitsPresent TenseHow Are Things
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Fire + Steam→ Engine3Water + Water→ Lake4Engine + Lake→ Boat5Earth + Wind→ Dust6Dust + Earth→ Planet7Engine + Planet→ Saturn8Earth + Saturn→ Titan9Earth + Titan→ Atlas10Earth + Water→ Plant11Plant + Water→ Swamp12Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap13Swamp + Venus Flytrap→ Swamp Thing14Atlas + Swamp Thing→ Shrugging Man15Lake + Shrugging Man→ What16Boat + What→ How17Fire + Wind→ Smoke18Plant + Smoke→ Incense19Incense + Swamp→ Mosquito20Earth + Earth→ Mountain21Plant + Wind→ Dandelion22Dandelion + Dandelion→ Dandelion Patch23Dandelion Patch + Wind→ Seeds24Fire + Seeds→ Popcorn25Mountain + Popcorn→ Movie26Mosquito + Movie→ It27Earth + Engine→ Tractor28Lake + Tractor→ Plow29Plow + Water→ Canal30Canal + Mountain→ Lock31Earth + Lock→ Safe32It + Safe→ It’s33It + It’s→ Its34How + Its→ Howits35Dust + Fire→ Ash36Earth + Tractor→ Farm37Farm + Fire→ Barbecue38Ash + Barbecue→ Burger39Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger40Dust + Engine→ Vacuum41Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole42Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine43Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger44Plant + Steam→ Tea45Engine + Wind→ Windmill46Tea + Windmill→ Dutch47Fire + Planet→ Sun48Sun + Time Machine→ Future49Dutch + Future→ Tense50Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense51Wind + Wind→ Tornado52Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity53Future Tense + Singularity→ Present Tense54Howits + Present Tense→ How Are Things

How Are Things at a glance

Steps to craft
54
Marathon
Crafting depth
100
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make How Are Things in Infinite Craft?

Combine Howits with Present Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 54 steps.

How many steps does it take to make How Are Things?

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

Is How Are Things hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 54 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make How Are Things?

Only one known combination produces How Are Things.

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