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How to Make Hermit Crabs in Infinite Craft

Hermit Crabs is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 25 combinations to get there, and the final one is Crabs In A Bucket plus Sand Terrarium. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Crabs In A BucketSand TerrariumHermit Crabs

Marathon25 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 343 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 25 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustWindSandstorm
  3. 3EarthSandstormDune
  4. 4EarthWaterPlant
  5. 5WaterWindWave
  6. 6PlantWaveSeaweed
  7. 7DuneSeaweedCrab
  8. 8FireWaterSteam
  9. 9EarthSteamMud
  10. 10FireMudBrick
  11. 11EarthEarthMountain
  12. 12MountainMountainMountain Range
  13. 13BrickMountain RangeGreat Wall of China
  14. 14CrabGreat Wall of ChinaCrabs In A Bucket
  15. 15SandstormWindDust Storm
  16. 16SteamWaveSurf
  17. 17SurfWindSurfing
  18. 18Dust StormSurfingSand Surfing
  19. 19EarthWaveSand
  20. 20FireSandGlass
  21. 21PlantWaterSwamp
  22. 22PlantSwampVenus Flytrap
  23. 23GlassVenus FlytrapTerrarium
  24. 24Sand SurfingTerrariumSand Terrarium
  25. 25Crabs In A BucketSand TerrariumHermit Crabs
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm3Earth + Sandstorm→ Dune4Earth + Water→ Plant5Water + Wind→ Wave6Plant + Wave→ Seaweed7Dune + Seaweed→ Crab8Fire + Water→ Steam9Earth + Steam→ Mud10Fire + Mud→ Brick11Earth + Earth→ Mountain12Mountain + Mountain→ Mountain Range13Brick + Mountain Range→ Great Wall of China14Crab + Great Wall of China→ Crabs In A Bucket15Sandstorm + Wind→ Dust Storm16Steam + Wave→ Surf17Surf + Wind→ Surfing18Dust Storm + Surfing→ Sand Surfing19Earth + Wave→ Sand20Fire + Sand→ Glass21Plant + Water→ Swamp22Plant + Swamp→ Venus Flytrap23Glass + Venus Flytrap→ Terrarium24Sand Surfing + Terrarium→ Sand Terrarium25Crabs In A Bucket + Sand Terrarium→ Hermit Crabs

Other ways to make Hermit Crabs

3 combinations are known to produce Hermit Crabs. Here are 3 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Hermit Crabs
FirstSecondResult
Crabs In A BucketSand TerrariumHermit Crabs
Hermit CrabPluralHermit Crabs
Crabs in a BucketSand TerrariumHermit Crabs

Hermit Crabs at a glance

Steps to craft
25
Marathon
Crafting depth
34
longer than 91% of solved elements
Known recipes
3
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 25 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hermit Crabs in Infinite Craft?

Combine Crabs In A Bucket with Sand Terrarium. The full path from the base elements takes 25 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hermit Crabs?

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

Is Hermit Crabs hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 25 steps it is longer than 91% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hermit Crabs?

Yes. 3 combinations are known to produce Hermit Crabs, 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.