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How to Make Inscrutable in Infinite Craft

Inscrutable is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 47 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Inscrew. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseInscrewInscrutable

Marathon47 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 79

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 47 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. 23PlantWindDandelion
  24. 24DandelionWindSeed
  25. 25EarthPlantTree
  26. 26SeedTreeApple
  27. 27WaterWindWave
  28. 28EarthWaveSand
  29. 29FireSandGlass
  30. 30FireGlassLens
  31. 31EarthEarthMountain
  32. 32MountainSandPyramid
  33. 33LensPyramidEye
  34. 34AppleEyeI
  35. 35EarthFireLava
  36. 36LavaWaterStone
  37. 37PlantStoneFossil
  38. 38FossilWaveAmmonite
  39. 39AmmoniteFireAmmonia
  40. 40AmmoniaEngineNitrogen
  41. 41INitrogenIN
  42. 42AshTreePencil
  43. 43DandelionWaterWine
  44. 44PencilWineCorkscrew
  45. 45CorkscrewStoneScrew
  46. 46INScrewInscrew
  47. 47Future TenseInscrewInscrutable
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 Tense23Plant + Wind→ Dandelion24Dandelion + Wind→ Seed25Earth + Plant→ Tree26Seed + Tree→ Apple27Water + Wind→ Wave28Earth + Wave→ Sand29Fire + Sand→ Glass30Fire + Glass→ Lens31Earth + Earth→ Mountain32Mountain + Sand→ Pyramid33Lens + Pyramid→ Eye34Apple + Eye→ I35Earth + Fire→ Lava36Lava + Water→ Stone37Plant + Stone→ Fossil38Fossil + Wave→ Ammonite39Ammonite + Fire→ Ammonia40Ammonia + Engine→ Nitrogen41I + Nitrogen→ IN42Ash + Tree→ Pencil43Dandelion + Water→ Wine44Pencil + Wine→ Corkscrew45Corkscrew + Stone→ Screw46IN + Screw→ Inscrew47Future Tense + Inscrew→ Inscrutable

Inscrutable at a glance

Steps to craft
47
Marathon
Crafting depth
79
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 47 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Inscrutable in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Inscrew. The full path from the base elements takes 47 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Inscrutable?

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

Is Inscrutable hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 47 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Inscrutable?

Only one known combination produces Inscrutable.

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