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How to Make John Will Be Back in Infinite Craft

John Will Be Back is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 34 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus John Wayne. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseJohn WayneJohn Will Be Back

Marathon34 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 54

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 34 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. 24DandelionWaterWine
  25. 25FireWineAlcohol
  26. 26FireWindSmoke
  27. 27EarthPlantTree
  28. 28TreeWindLeaf
  29. 29WindWindTornado
  30. 30LeafTornadoTumbleweed
  31. 31SmokeTumbleweedCowboy
  32. 32CowboyWaterDrowned Cowboy
  33. 33AlcoholDrowned CowboyJohn Wayne
  34. 34Future TenseJohn WayneJohn Will Be Back
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 + Water→ Wine25Fire + Wine→ Alcohol26Fire + Wind→ Smoke27Earth + Plant→ Tree28Tree + Wind→ Leaf29Wind + Wind→ Tornado30Leaf + Tornado→ Tumbleweed31Smoke + Tumbleweed→ Cowboy32Cowboy + Water→ Drowned Cowboy33Alcohol + Drowned Cowboy→ John Wayne34Future Tense + John Wayne→ John Will Be Back

John Will Be Back at a glance

Steps to craft
34
Marathon
Crafting depth
54
longer than 96% 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 John Will Be Back in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with John Wayne. The full path from the base elements takes 34 steps.

How many steps does it take to make John Will Be Back?

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

Is John Will Be Back hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 34 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make John Will Be Back?

Only one known combination produces John Will Be Back.

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