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How to Make The Present Tense Menace in Infinite Craft

The Present Tense Menace is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 38 combinations to get there, and the final one is Present Tense plus The Phantom Menace. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Present TenseThe Phantom MenaceThe Present Tense Menace

Marathon38 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 62

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 38 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. 26WaterWindWave
  27. 27EarthWaveSand
  28. 28FireSandGlass
  29. 29FireGlassLens
  30. 30LensWaterMicroscope
  31. 31FireMicroscopeVirus
  32. 32FireVirusFlu
  33. 33DustWindSandstorm
  34. 34EarthSandstormDune
  35. 35DunePlanetTatooine
  36. 36FireTatooineStar Wars
  37. 37FluStar WarsThe Phantom Menace
  38. 38Present TenseThe Phantom MenaceThe Present Tense Menace
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 Tense26Water + Wind→ Wave27Earth + Wave→ Sand28Fire + Sand→ Glass29Fire + Glass→ Lens30Lens + Water→ Microscope31Fire + Microscope→ Virus32Fire + Virus→ Flu33Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm34Earth + Sandstorm→ Dune35Dune + Planet→ Tatooine36Fire + Tatooine→ Star Wars37Flu + Star Wars→ The Phantom Menace38Present Tense + The Phantom Menace→ The Present Tense Menace

The Present Tense Menace at a glance

Steps to craft
38
Marathon
Crafting depth
62
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 38 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make The Present Tense Menace in Infinite Craft?

Combine Present Tense with The Phantom Menace. The full path from the base elements takes 38 steps.

How many steps does it take to make The Present Tense Menace?

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

Is The Present Tense Menace hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 38 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make The Present Tense Menace?

Only one known combination produces The Present Tense Menace.

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