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How to Make Present Motion in Infinite Craft

Present Motion is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 55 combinations to get there, and the final one is Present Tense plus Staymotion. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Present TenseStaymotionPresent Motion

Marathon55 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 87

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 55 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. 23WindWindTornado
  24. 24Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  25. 25Future TenseSingularityPresent Tense
  26. 26EarthPlantTree
  27. 27PlantWindDandelion
  28. 28DandelionWaterWine
  29. 29TreeWineDrunk
  30. 30WaterWindWave
  31. 31EarthWaveSand
  32. 32FireSandGlass
  33. 33FireGlassLens
  34. 34DrunkLensBlur
  35. 35GlassSandHourglass
  36. 36FireHourglassTime
  37. 37BlurTimeMotion
  38. 38TornadoWaterTsunami
  39. 39EarthTsunamiIsland
  40. 40EarthIslandContinent
  41. 41SteamWaveSurf
  42. 42ContinentSurfAustralia
  43. 43EarthEarthMountain
  44. 44MountainWindAvalanche
  45. 45AvalancheWindSnow
  46. 46AustraliaSnowNo
  47. 47WaterWaterLake
  48. 48LakeWaterOcean
  49. 49NoOceanNot
  50. 50DustWindSandstorm
  51. 51PlanetSandstormMars
  52. 52DustMarsRover
  53. 53NotRoverStay
  54. 54MotionStayStaymotion
  55. 55Present TenseStaymotionPresent Motion
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 Tense23Wind + Wind→ Tornado24Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity25Future Tense + Singularity→ Present Tense26Earth + Plant→ Tree27Plant + Wind→ Dandelion28Dandelion + Water→ Wine29Tree + Wine→ Drunk30Water + Wind→ Wave31Earth + Wave→ Sand32Fire + Sand→ Glass33Fire + Glass→ Lens34Drunk + Lens→ Blur35Glass + Sand→ Hourglass36Fire + Hourglass→ Time37Blur + Time→ Motion38Tornado + Water→ Tsunami39Earth + Tsunami→ Island40Earth + Island→ Continent41Steam + Wave→ Surf42Continent + Surf→ Australia43Earth + Earth→ Mountain44Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche45Avalanche + Wind→ Snow46Australia + Snow→ No47Water + Water→ Lake48Lake + Water→ Ocean49No + Ocean→ Not50Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm51Planet + Sandstorm→ Mars52Dust + Mars→ Rover53Not + Rover→ Stay54Motion + Stay→ Staymotion55Present Tense + Staymotion→ Present Motion

Present Motion at a glance

Steps to craft
55
Marathon
Crafting depth
87
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 55 steps

Similar effort to Present Motion, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Present Motion in Infinite Craft?

Combine Present Tense with Staymotion. The full path from the base elements takes 55 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Present Motion?

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

Is Present Motion hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 55 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Present Motion?

Only one known combination produces Present Motion.

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