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How to Make What’s Happening in Infinite Craft

What’s Happening is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 51 combinations to get there, and the final one is Ass What plus Present Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Ass WhatPresent TenseWhat’s Happening

Marathon51 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 914 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 51 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWindWave
  2. 2EarthWaveSand
  3. 3SandWaterBeach
  4. 4FireSandGlass
  5. 5EarthGlassBottle
  6. 6BeachBottleMessage
  7. 7EarthMessageLetter
  8. 8EarthWindDust
  9. 9DustEarthPlanet
  10. 10FirePlanetSun
  11. 11SunWindSunflower
  12. 12LetterSunflowerA
  13. 13FireWaterSteam
  14. 14FireSteamEngine
  15. 15EarthWaterPlant
  16. 16EnginePlantCar
  17. 17PlantSteamTea
  18. 18CarTeaChariot
  19. 19EarthSteamMud
  20. 20PlantWaterSwamp
  21. 21MudSwampQuagmire
  22. 22ChariotQuagmireStuck
  23. 23AStuckAs
  24. 24WaterWaterLake
  25. 25EnginePlanetSaturn
  26. 26EarthSaturnTitan
  27. 27EarthTitanAtlas
  28. 28PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  29. 29SwampVenus FlytrapSwamp Thing
  30. 30AtlasSwamp ThingShrugging Man
  31. 31LakeShrugging ManWhat
  32. 32AsWhatAss What
  33. 33DustFireAsh
  34. 34EarthEngineTractor
  35. 35EarthTractorFarm
  36. 36FarmFireBarbecue
  37. 37AshBarbecueBurger
  38. 38BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  39. 39DustEngineVacuum
  40. 40FireVacuumBlack Hole
  41. 41Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  42. 42Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  43. 43EngineWindWindmill
  44. 44TeaWindmillDutch
  45. 45SunTime MachineFuture
  46. 46DutchFutureTense
  47. 47Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  48. 48WindWindTornado
  49. 49Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  50. 50Future TenseSingularityPresent Tense
  51. 51Ass WhatPresent TenseWhat’s Happening
Crafting tree
1Water + Wind→ Wave2Earth + Wave→ Sand3Sand + Water→ Beach4Fire + Sand→ Glass5Earth + Glass→ Bottle6Beach + Bottle→ Message7Earth + Message→ Letter8Earth + Wind→ Dust9Dust + Earth→ Planet10Fire + Planet→ Sun11Sun + Wind→ Sunflower12Letter + Sunflower→ A13Fire + Water→ Steam14Fire + Steam→ Engine15Earth + Water→ Plant16Engine + Plant→ Car17Plant + Steam→ Tea18Car + Tea→ Chariot19Earth + Steam→ Mud20Plant + Water→ Swamp21Mud + Swamp→ Quagmire22Chariot + Quagmire→ Stuck23A + Stuck→ As24Water + Water→ Lake25Engine + Planet→ Saturn26Earth + Saturn→ Titan27Earth + Titan→ Atlas28Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap29Swamp + Venus Flytrap→ Swamp Thing30Atlas + Swamp Thing→ Shrugging Man31Lake + Shrugging Man→ What32As + What→ Ass What33Dust + Fire→ Ash34Earth + Engine→ Tractor35Earth + Tractor→ Farm36Farm + Fire→ Barbecue37Ash + Barbecue→ Burger38Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger39Dust + Engine→ Vacuum40Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole41Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine42Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger43Engine + Wind→ Windmill44Tea + Windmill→ Dutch45Sun + Time Machine→ Future46Dutch + Future→ Tense47Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense48Wind + Wind→ Tornado49Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity50Future Tense + Singularity→ Present Tense51Ass What + Present Tense→ What’s Happening

Other ways to make What’s Happening

4 combinations are known to produce What’s Happening. Here are 4 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce What’s Happening
FirstSecondResult
Ass WhatPresent TenseWhat’s Happening
Awhat’sPresent TenseWhat’s Happening
Present TenseWhat’s UpWhat’s Happening
Ass What’sPast TenseWhat’s Happening

What’s Happening at a glance

Steps to craft
51
Marathon
Crafting depth
91
longer than 99% of solved elements
Known recipes
4
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 51 steps

Similar effort to What’s Happening, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make What’s Happening in Infinite Craft?

Combine Ass What with Present Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 51 steps.

How many steps does it take to make What’s Happening?

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

Is What’s Happening hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 51 steps it is longer than 99% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make What’s Happening?

Yes. 4 combinations are known to produce What’s Happening, 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.