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How to Make The Future is Dead in Infinite Craft

The Future is Dead is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 35 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus The Grateful Dead. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseThe Grateful DeadThe Future is Dead

Marathon35 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 60

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 35 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. 23WaterWindmillEnergy
  24. 24FireWindSmoke
  25. 25SmokeWaterFog
  26. 26FogPlantMushroom
  27. 27EnergyMushroomPsilocybin
  28. 28WindWindTornado
  29. 29TornadoWaterTsunami
  30. 30EarthTsunamiIsland
  31. 31EarthIslandContinent
  32. 32EngineSteamTrain
  33. 33ContinentTrainTranscontinental Railroad
  34. 34PsilocybinTranscontinental RailroadThe Grateful Dead
  35. 35Future TenseThe Grateful DeadThe Future is Dead
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 Tense23Water + Windmill→ Energy24Fire + Wind→ Smoke25Smoke + Water→ Fog26Fog + Plant→ Mushroom27Energy + Mushroom→ Psilocybin28Wind + Wind→ Tornado29Tornado + Water→ Tsunami30Earth + Tsunami→ Island31Earth + Island→ Continent32Engine + Steam→ Train33Continent + Train→ Transcontinental Railroad34Psilocybin + Transcontinental Railroad→ The Grateful Dead35Future Tense + The Grateful Dead→ The Future is Dead

The Future is Dead at a glance

Steps to craft
35
Marathon
Crafting depth
60
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 The Future is Dead in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with The Grateful Dead. The full path from the base elements takes 35 steps.

How many steps does it take to make The Future is Dead?

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

Is The Future is Dead hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 35 steps it is longer than 96% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make The Future is Dead?

Only one known combination produces The Future is Dead.

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