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How to Make Cowboys and Aliens in Infinite Craft

Cowboys and Aliens is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 31 combinations to get there, and the final one is Cowboys plus Interpretation. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

CowboysInterpretationCowboys and Aliens

Marathon31 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 52

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 31 combinations in order.

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2WindWindTornado
  3. 3TornadoWaterTsunami
  4. 4EarthTsunamiIsland
  5. 5EarthIslandContinent
  6. 6ContinentLakeAmerica
  7. 7AmericaEarthUSA
  8. 8LakeUSAMichigan
  9. 9LakeMichiganChicago
  10. 10ChicagoFireBulls
  11. 11AmericaContinentNorth America
  12. 12BullsNorth AmericaCowboys
  13. 13EarthWindDust
  14. 14EarthEarthMountain
  15. 15LakeMountainFjord
  16. 16DustFjordTroll
  17. 17TrollWaterBridge
  18. 18EarthFireLava
  19. 19LavaWaterStone
  20. 20LavaStoneObsidian
  21. 21AmericaObsidianObama
  22. 22AmericaObamaChange
  23. 23WaterWindWave
  24. 24EarthWaveSand
  25. 25SandWaterBeach
  26. 26FireSandGlass
  27. 27EarthGlassBottle
  28. 28BeachBottleMessage
  29. 29ChangeMessageTranslation
  30. 30BridgeTranslationInterpretation
  31. 31CowboysInterpretationCowboys and Aliens
Crafting tree
1Water + Water→ Lake2Wind + Wind→ Tornado3Tornado + Water→ Tsunami4Earth + Tsunami→ Island5Earth + Island→ Continent6Continent + Lake→ America7America + Earth→ USA8Lake + USA→ Michigan9Lake + Michigan→ Chicago10Chicago + Fire→ Bulls11America + Continent→ North America12Bulls + North America→ Cowboys13Earth + Wind→ Dust14Earth + Earth→ Mountain15Lake + Mountain→ Fjord16Dust + Fjord→ Troll17Troll + Water→ Bridge18Earth + Fire→ Lava19Lava + Water→ Stone20Lava + Stone→ Obsidian21America + Obsidian→ Obama22America + Obama→ Change23Water + Wind→ Wave24Earth + Wave→ Sand25Sand + Water→ Beach26Fire + Sand→ Glass27Earth + Glass→ Bottle28Beach + Bottle→ Message29Change + Message→ Translation30Bridge + Translation→ Interpretation31Cowboys + Interpretation→ Cowboys and Aliens

Cowboys and Aliens at a glance

Steps to craft
31
Marathon
Crafting depth
52
longer than 95% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 31 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cowboys and Aliens in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cowboys with Interpretation. The full path from the base elements takes 31 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Cowboys and Aliens?

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

Is Cowboys and Aliens hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 31 steps it is longer than 95% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Cowboys and Aliens?

Only one known combination produces Cowboys and Aliens.

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