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How to Make Not Now in Infinite Craft

Not Now is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 40 combinations to get there, and the final one is Not plus Right Now. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

NotRight NowNot Now

Marathon40 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 593 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 40 combinations in order.

  1. 1WindWindTornado
  2. 2TornadoWaterTsunami
  3. 3EarthTsunamiIsland
  4. 4EarthIslandContinent
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6WaterWindWave
  7. 7SteamWaveSurf
  8. 8ContinentSurfAustralia
  9. 9EarthEarthMountain
  10. 10MountainWindAvalanche
  11. 11AvalancheWindSnow
  12. 12AustraliaSnowNo
  13. 13WaterWaterLake
  14. 14LakeWaterOcean
  15. 15NoOceanNot
  16. 16EarthWaveSand
  17. 17FireSandGlass
  18. 18GlassSandHourglass
  19. 19FireHourglassTime
  20. 20EarthWaterPlant
  21. 21PlantWindDandelion
  22. 22DandelionWaterWine
  23. 23WindWineBalloon
  24. 24EarthPlantTree
  25. 25BalloonTreeBonsai
  26. 26BonsaiMountainZen
  27. 27TimeZenNow
  28. 28EarthWindDust
  29. 29OceanWaterFish
  30. 30DustFishStarfish
  31. 31FireSteamEngine
  32. 32EngineWindWindmill
  33. 33SurfWindmillWindsurfing
  34. 34StarfishWindsurfingStarboard
  35. 35DandelionEngineHelicopter
  36. 36HelicopterTreeWoodpecker
  37. 37StarboardWoodpeckerRight
  38. 38LakeRightWrite
  39. 39NowWriteRight Now
  40. 40NotRight NowNot Now
Crafting tree
1Wind + Wind→ Tornado2Tornado + Water→ Tsunami3Earth + Tsunami→ Island4Earth + Island→ Continent5Fire + Water→ Steam6Water + Wind→ Wave7Steam + Wave→ Surf8Continent + Surf→ Australia9Earth + Earth→ Mountain10Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche11Avalanche + Wind→ Snow12Australia + Snow→ No13Water + Water→ Lake14Lake + Water→ Ocean15No + Ocean→ Not16Earth + Wave→ Sand17Fire + Sand→ Glass18Glass + Sand→ Hourglass19Fire + Hourglass→ Time20Earth + Water→ Plant21Plant + Wind→ Dandelion22Dandelion + Water→ Wine23Wind + Wine→ Balloon24Earth + Plant→ Tree25Balloon + Tree→ Bonsai26Bonsai + Mountain→ Zen27Time + Zen→ Now28Earth + Wind→ Dust29Ocean + Water→ Fish30Dust + Fish→ Starfish31Fire + Steam→ Engine32Engine + Wind→ Windmill33Surf + Windmill→ Windsurfing34Starfish + Windsurfing→ Starboard35Dandelion + Engine→ Helicopter36Helicopter + Tree→ Woodpecker37Starboard + Woodpecker→ Right38Lake + Right→ Write39Now + Write→ Right Now40Not + Right Now→ Not Now

Other ways to make Not Now

3 combinations are known to produce Not Now. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Not Now
FirstSecondResult
NotRight NowNot Now
No TunnelPast TenseNot Now
No TunnelPast tenseNot Now

Not Now at a glance

Steps to craft
40
Marathon
Crafting depth
59
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 40 steps

Similar effort to Not Now, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Not Now in Infinite Craft?

Combine Not with Right Now. The full path from the base elements takes 40 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Not Now?

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

Is Not Now hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 40 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Not Now?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Not Now, 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.