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How to Make The Often Future in Infinite Craft

The Often Future is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 58 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus The Often One. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseThe Often OneThe Often Future

Marathon58 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 97

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 58 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. 23FireWindSmoke
  24. 24PlantSmokeIncense
  25. 25IncenseWaterPerfume
  26. 26WaterWindWave
  27. 27EarthWaveSand
  28. 28FireSandGlass
  29. 29GlassWindWindow
  30. 30PerfumeWindowOpen
  31. 31DustPlantPollen
  32. 32PollenWaterHoney
  33. 33EarthEarthMountain
  34. 34HoneyMountainBear
  35. 35GlassSandHourglass
  36. 36FireHourglassTime
  37. 37PlantWindDandelion
  38. 38DandelionWaterWine
  39. 39WindWineBalloon
  40. 40EarthPlantTree
  41. 41BalloonTreeBonsai
  42. 42BonsaiMountainZen
  43. 43TimeZenNow
  44. 44BearNowThen
  45. 45OpenThenOften
  46. 46DustWindSandstorm
  47. 47EarthSandstormDune
  48. 48DuneIncenseFrank Herbert
  49. 49PlantWaterSwamp
  50. 50DandelionSwampFrog
  51. 51Frank HerbertFrogKwisatz Haderach
  52. 52EarthPlanetMoon
  53. 53MoonWindWerewolf
  54. 54EngineWerewolfTransformer
  55. 55FireTransformerOptimus Prime
  56. 56Kwisatz HaderachOptimus PrimeThe One
  57. 57OftenThe OneThe Often One
  58. 58Future TenseThe Often OneThe Often Future
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 Tense23Fire + Wind→ Smoke24Plant + Smoke→ Incense25Incense + Water→ Perfume26Water + Wind→ Wave27Earth + Wave→ Sand28Fire + Sand→ Glass29Glass + Wind→ Window30Perfume + Window→ Open31Dust + Plant→ Pollen32Pollen + Water→ Honey33Earth + Earth→ Mountain34Honey + Mountain→ Bear35Glass + Sand→ Hourglass36Fire + Hourglass→ Time37Plant + Wind→ Dandelion38Dandelion + Water→ Wine39Wind + Wine→ Balloon40Earth + Plant→ Tree41Balloon + Tree→ Bonsai42Bonsai + Mountain→ Zen43Time + Zen→ Now44Bear + Now→ Then45Open + Then→ Often46Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm47Earth + Sandstorm→ Dune48Dune + Incense→ Frank Herbert49Plant + Water→ Swamp50Dandelion + Swamp→ Frog51Frank Herbert + Frog→ Kwisatz Haderach52Earth + Planet→ Moon53Moon + Wind→ Werewolf54Engine + Werewolf→ Transformer55Fire + Transformer→ Optimus Prime56Kwisatz Haderach + Optimus Prime→ The One57Often + The One→ The Often One58Future Tense + The Often One→ The Often Future

The Often Future at a glance

Steps to craft
58
Marathon
Crafting depth
97
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 58 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make The Often Future in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with The Often One. The full path from the base elements takes 58 steps.

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

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

Is The Often Future hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 58 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

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

Only one known combination produces The Often Future.

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