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How to Make When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going in Infinite Craft

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 30 combinations to get there, and the final one is Billy Ocean plus Future Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Billy OceanFuture TenseWhen the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

Marathon30 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 57

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 30 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EarthEngineTractor
  4. 4EarthTractorFarm
  5. 5EarthEarthMountain
  6. 6FarmMountainGoat
  7. 7WindWindTornado
  8. 8TornadoTornadoHurricane
  9. 9HurricaneSteamSteamboat
  10. 10GoatSteamboatBilly
  11. 11BillyHurricaneBilly Ocean
  12. 12EarthWindDust
  13. 13DustFireAsh
  14. 14FarmFireBarbecue
  15. 15AshBarbecueBurger
  16. 16BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  17. 17DustEngineVacuum
  18. 18FireVacuumBlack Hole
  19. 19Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  20. 20Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  21. 21EarthWaterPlant
  22. 22PlantSteamTea
  23. 23EngineWindWindmill
  24. 24TeaWindmillDutch
  25. 25DustEarthPlanet
  26. 26FirePlanetSun
  27. 27SunTime MachineFuture
  28. 28DutchFutureTense
  29. 29Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  30. 30Billy OceanFuture TenseWhen the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Fire + Steam→ Engine3Earth + Engine→ Tractor4Earth + Tractor→ Farm5Earth + Earth→ Mountain6Farm + Mountain→ Goat7Wind + Wind→ Tornado8Tornado + Tornado→ Hurricane9Hurricane + Steam→ Steamboat10Goat + Steamboat→ Billy11Billy + Hurricane→ Billy Ocean12Earth + Wind→ Dust13Dust + Fire→ Ash14Farm + Fire→ Barbecue15Ash + Barbecue→ Burger16Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger17Dust + Engine→ Vacuum18Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole19Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine20Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger21Earth + Water→ Plant22Plant + Steam→ Tea23Engine + Wind→ Windmill24Tea + Windmill→ Dutch25Dust + Earth→ Planet26Fire + Planet→ Sun27Sun + Time Machine→ Future28Dutch + Future→ Tense29Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense30Billy Ocean + Future Tense→ When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going at a glance

Steps to craft
30
Marathon
Crafting depth
57
longer than 94% 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 When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going in Infinite Craft?

Combine Billy Ocean with Future Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 30 steps.

How many steps does it take to make When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going?

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

Is When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 30 steps it is longer than 94% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going?

Only one known combination produces When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going.

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