Skip to content
Infinite Craft Recipes

How to Make Wasteful in Infinite Craft

Wasteful is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 42 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Wasteways. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseWastewaysWasteful

Marathon42 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 662 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 42 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. 23WaterWaterLake
  24. 24FireWindSmoke
  25. 25SmokeWaterFog
  26. 26DustFogSmog
  27. 27FireSmogPollution
  28. 28LakePollutionToxic
  29. 29EarthToxicWaste
  30. 30EarthEarthMountain
  31. 31WaterWindWave
  32. 32EarthWaveSand
  33. 33MountainSandPyramid
  34. 34PyramidWaterTomb
  35. 35TombWaterMoses
  36. 36MosesWaterParting
  37. 37EnginePlantCar
  38. 38CarEarthTire
  39. 39FogTireSkid
  40. 40PartingSkidWays
  41. 41WasteWaysWasteways
  42. 42Future TenseWastewaysWasteful
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 + Water→ Lake24Fire + Wind→ Smoke25Smoke + Water→ Fog26Dust + Fog→ Smog27Fire + Smog→ Pollution28Lake + Pollution→ Toxic29Earth + Toxic→ Waste30Earth + Earth→ Mountain31Water + Wind→ Wave32Earth + Wave→ Sand33Mountain + Sand→ Pyramid34Pyramid + Water→ Tomb35Tomb + Water→ Moses36Moses + Water→ Parting37Engine + Plant→ Car38Car + Earth→ Tire39Fog + Tire→ Skid40Parting + Skid→ Ways41Waste + Ways→ Wasteways42Future Tense + Wasteways→ Wasteful

Other ways to make Wasteful

2 combinations are known to produce Wasteful. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Wasteful
FirstSecondResult
Future TenseWastewaysWasteful
Future WasteTenseWasteful

Wasteful at a glance

Steps to craft
42
Marathon
Crafting depth
66
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 42 steps

Similar effort to Wasteful, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Wasteful in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Wasteways. The full path from the base elements takes 42 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Wasteful?

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

Is Wasteful hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 42 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Wasteful?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Wasteful, and the shortest route is shown above.

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