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How to Make The Phantom Tense in Infinite Craft

The Phantom Tense 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 Phantom Menace. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseThe Phantom MenaceThe Phantom Tense

Marathon35 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 56

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. 23WaterWindWave
  24. 24EarthWaveSand
  25. 25FireSandGlass
  26. 26FireGlassLens
  27. 27LensWaterMicroscope
  28. 28FireMicroscopeVirus
  29. 29FireVirusFlu
  30. 30DustWindSandstorm
  31. 31EarthSandstormDune
  32. 32DunePlanetTatooine
  33. 33FireTatooineStar Wars
  34. 34FluStar WarsThe Phantom Menace
  35. 35Future TenseThe Phantom MenaceThe Phantom Tense
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 + Wind→ Wave24Earth + Wave→ Sand25Fire + Sand→ Glass26Fire + Glass→ Lens27Lens + Water→ Microscope28Fire + Microscope→ Virus29Fire + Virus→ Flu30Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm31Earth + Sandstorm→ Dune32Dune + Planet→ Tatooine33Fire + Tatooine→ Star Wars34Flu + Star Wars→ The Phantom Menace35Future Tense + The Phantom Menace→ The Phantom Tense

The Phantom Tense at a glance

Steps to craft
35
Marathon
Crafting depth
56
longer than 96% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 35 steps

Similar effort to The Phantom Tense, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make The Phantom Tense in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with The Phantom Menace. The full path from the base elements takes 35 steps.

How many steps does it take to make The Phantom Tense?

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

Is The Phantom Tense 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 Phantom Tense?

Only one known combination produces The Phantom Tense.

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