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How to Make The Future Thing in Infinite Craft

The Future Thing is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 32 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus The Thing. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseThe ThingThe Future Thing

Marathon32 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 57

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 32 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. 23EarthEarthMountain
  24. 24MountainWindAvalanche
  25. 25WaterWaterLake
  26. 26AvalancheLakeIceberg
  27. 27EarthSteamMud
  28. 28MudWindmillPig
  29. 29EngineSteamTrain
  30. 30PigTrainPork Chop Express
  31. 31IcebergPork Chop ExpressThe Thing
  32. 32Future TenseThe ThingThe Future Thing
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 Tense23Earth + Earth→ Mountain24Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche25Water + Water→ Lake26Avalanche + Lake→ Iceberg27Earth + Steam→ Mud28Mud + Windmill→ Pig29Engine + Steam→ Train30Pig + Train→ Pork Chop Express31Iceberg + Pork Chop Express→ The Thing32Future Tense + The Thing→ The Future Thing

The Future Thing at a glance

Steps to craft
32
Marathon
Crafting depth
57
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 32 steps

Similar effort to The Future Thing, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make The Future Thing in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with The Thing. The full path from the base elements takes 32 steps.

How many steps does it take to make The Future Thing?

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

Is The Future Thing hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 32 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make The Future Thing?

Only one known combination produces The Future Thing.

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