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How to Make Impending in Infinite Craft

Impending 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 Imp. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseImpImpending

Marathon33 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 563 known recipes

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. 23WaterWaterLake
  24. 24LakePlantLily
  25. 25DustLilyAngel
  26. 26FireWindSmoke
  27. 27AngelSmokeDevil
  28. 28PlantWindDandelion
  29. 29SmokeWaterFog
  30. 30DandelionFogFairy
  31. 31DustFairyPixie
  32. 32DevilPixieImp
  33. 33Future TenseImpImpending
Crafting tree
1Earth + Windโ†’ Dust2Dust + Fireโ†’ Ash3Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam4Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine5Earth + Engineโ†’ Tractor6Earth + Tractorโ†’ Farm7Farm + Fireโ†’ Barbecue8Ash + Barbecueโ†’ Burger9Burger + Waterโ†’ Soggy Burger10Dust + Engineโ†’ Vacuum11Fire + Vacuumโ†’ Black Hole12Black Hole + Engineโ†’ Time Machine13Soggy Burger + Time Machineโ†’ Future Burger14Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant15Plant + Steamโ†’ Tea16Engine + Windโ†’ Windmill17Tea + Windmillโ†’ Dutch18Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet19Fire + Planetโ†’ Sun20Sun + Time Machineโ†’ Future21Dutch + Futureโ†’ Tense22Future Burger + Tenseโ†’ Future Tense23Water + Waterโ†’ Lake24Lake + Plantโ†’ Lily25Dust + Lilyโ†’ Angel26Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke27Angel + Smokeโ†’ Devil28Plant + Windโ†’ Dandelion29Smoke + Waterโ†’ Fog30Dandelion + Fogโ†’ Fairy31Dust + Fairyโ†’ Pixie32Devil + Pixieโ†’ Imp33Future Tense + Impโ†’ Impending

Other ways to make Impending

3 combinations are known to produce Impending. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Impending
FirstSecondResult
Future TenseImpImpending
Future TenseImpoundImpending
Future TenseIMPImpending

Impending at a glance

Steps to craft
33
Marathon
Crafting depth
56
longer than 96% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 33 steps

Similar effort to Impending, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Impending in Infinite Craft?

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

How many steps does it take to make Impending?

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

Is Impending 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 Impending?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Impending, and the shortest route is shown above.

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