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How to Make Hippopotamus in Infinite Craft

Hippopotamus sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 8 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Mud plus Unicorn.

The final combination

MudUnicornHippopotamus

Moderate8 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 10766 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 8 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2EarthSteamMud
  3. 3SteamWindCloud
  4. 4CloudWaterRain
  5. 5RainWaterRainbow
  6. 6FireFireVolcano
  7. 7RainbowVolcanoUnicorn
  8. 8MudUnicornHippopotamus
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Earth + Steam→ Mud3Steam + Wind→ Cloud4Cloud + Water→ Rain5Rain + Water→ Rainbow6Fire + Fire→ Volcano7Rainbow + Volcano→ Unicorn8Mud + Unicorn→ Hippopotamus

Other ways to make Hippopotamus

766 combinations are known to produce Hippopotamus. Here are 25 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Hippopotamus
FirstSecondResult
AfricaSea SnakeHippopotamus
EarthHippotamusHippopotamus
HippoLandslideHippopotamus
HippoLightningHippopotamus
HippoLilyHippopotamus
HippoMarshHippopotamus
HippoRainHippopotamus
HippoRockHippopotamus
HippotamusWaterHippopotamus
TornapotamusWaterHippopotamus
BalloonHippoHippopotamus
BoatHippoHippopotamus
BrickPotamusHippopotamus
DestructionHippoHippopotamus
ElectricityHippoHippopotamus
FarmHippoHippopotamus
FlowerPotamusHippopotamus
ForestPotamusHippopotamus
FossilHippoHippopotamus
HippieRiverHippopotamus
HippoHoly WaterHippopotamus
HippoObsidianHippopotamus
HippoThunderHippopotamus
HippoVenus FlytrapHippopotamus
HippoWindowHippopotamus

What you can make with Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus at a glance

Steps to craft
8
Moderate
Crafting depth
10
faster than 86% of solved elements
Known recipes
766
ways to make it
Used in
231
other combinations

Other elements that take 8 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hippopotamus in Infinite Craft?

Combine Mud with Unicorn. The full path from the base elements takes 8 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hippopotamus?

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

Is Hippopotamus hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as moderate. At 8 steps it is faster than 86% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hippopotamus?

Yes. 766 combinations are known to produce Hippopotamus, 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.