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How to Make Hacker News in Infinite Craft

Hacker News is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 17 combinations to get there, and the final one is Dragoncar plus Hacker. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

DragoncarHackerHacker News

Long17 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 223 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 17 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2PlantWaterSwamp
  3. 3FireSwampDragon
  4. 4FireWaterSteam
  5. 5FireSteamEngine
  6. 6EnginePlantCar
  7. 7CarEngineRacecar
  8. 8DragonRacecarDragoncar
  9. 9EarthWindDust
  10. 10DustEarthPlanet
  11. 11FirePlanetSun
  12. 12FireSunSolar
  13. 13PlanetSolarSystem
  14. 14FireSystemComputer
  15. 15FireWindSmoke
  16. 16ComputerSmokeHacker
  17. 17DragoncarHackerHacker News
Crafting tree
1Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant2Plant + Waterโ†’ Swamp3Fire + Swampโ†’ Dragon4Fire + Waterโ†’ Steam5Fire + Steamโ†’ Engine6Engine + Plantโ†’ Car7Car + Engineโ†’ Racecar8Dragon + Racecarโ†’ Dragoncar9Earth + Windโ†’ Dust10Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet11Fire + Planetโ†’ Sun12Fire + Sunโ†’ Solar13Planet + Solarโ†’ System14Fire + Systemโ†’ Computer15Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke16Computer + Smokeโ†’ Hacker17Dragoncar + Hackerโ†’ Hacker News

Other ways to make Hacker News

3 combinations are known to produce Hacker News. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Hacker News
FirstSecondResult
DragoncarHackerHacker News
HackersTruthHacker News
Open SourceSubredditHacker News

What you can make with Hacker News

Hacker News at a glance

Steps to craft
17
Long
Crafting depth
22
longer than 81% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
1
other combinations

Other elements that take 17 steps

Similar effort to Hacker News, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hacker News in Infinite Craft?

Combine Dragoncar with Hacker. The full path from the base elements takes 17 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hacker News?

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

Is Hacker News hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 17 steps it is longer than 81% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hacker News?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Hacker News, 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.