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How to Make The Roads Ahead in Infinite Craft

The Roads Ahead 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 Roads. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseThe RoadsThe Roads Ahead

Marathon58 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 96

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. 23EarthEarthMountain
  24. 24FireSunSolar
  25. 25PlantSolarOxygen
  26. 26MountainOxygenClimber
  27. 27PlantWindDandelion
  28. 28DandelionDandelionDandelion Patch
  29. 29DandelionWaterWine
  30. 30Dandelion PatchWineDandelion Wine
  31. 31ClimberDandelion WineJack Kerouac
  32. 32EarthFireLava
  33. 33LavaWaterStone
  34. 34PlantStoneFossil
  35. 35FireFossilDinosaur
  36. 36DustWindSandstorm
  37. 37EarthPlantTree
  38. 38DustTreeWood
  39. 39SandstormWoodSandal
  40. 40DinosaurSandalThesaurus
  41. 41Jack KerouacThesaurusOn the Road
  42. 42WindWindTornado
  43. 43TornadoWaterTsunami
  44. 44EarthTsunamiIsland
  45. 45EarthIslandContinent
  46. 46WaterWindWave
  47. 47SteamWaveSurf
  48. 48ContinentSurfAustralia
  49. 49MountainWindAvalanche
  50. 50AvalancheWindSnow
  51. 51AustraliaSnowNo
  52. 52WaterWaterLake
  53. 53LakeWaterOcean
  54. 54NoOceanNot
  55. 55Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  56. 56NotSingularityPlural
  57. 57On the RoadPluralThe Roads
  58. 58Future TenseThe RoadsThe Roads Ahead
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→ Mountain24Fire + Sun→ Solar25Plant + Solar→ Oxygen26Mountain + Oxygen→ Climber27Plant + Wind→ Dandelion28Dandelion + Dandelion→ Dandelion Patch29Dandelion + Water→ Wine30Dandelion Patch + Wine→ Dandelion Wine31Climber + Dandelion Wine→ Jack Kerouac32Earth + Fire→ Lava33Lava + Water→ Stone34Plant + Stone→ Fossil35Fire + Fossil→ Dinosaur36Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm37Earth + Plant→ Tree38Dust + Tree→ Wood39Sandstorm + Wood→ Sandal40Dinosaur + Sandal→ Thesaurus41Jack Kerouac + Thesaurus→ On the Road42Wind + Wind→ Tornado43Tornado + Water→ Tsunami44Earth + Tsunami→ Island45Earth + Island→ Continent46Water + Wind→ Wave47Steam + Wave→ Surf48Continent + Surf→ Australia49Mountain + Wind→ Avalanche50Avalanche + Wind→ Snow51Australia + Snow→ No52Water + Water→ Lake53Lake + Water→ Ocean54No + Ocean→ Not55Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity56Not + Singularity→ Plural57On the Road + Plural→ The Roads58Future Tense + The Roads→ The Roads Ahead

The Roads Ahead at a glance

Steps to craft
58
Marathon
Crafting depth
96
longer than 99% 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 Roads Ahead in Infinite Craft?

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

How many steps does it take to make The Roads Ahead?

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

Is The Roads Ahead 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 Roads Ahead?

Only one known combination produces The Roads Ahead.

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