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How to Make Hippos in Infinite Craft

Hippos is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 15 combinations to get there, and the final one is Hippo plus SOS. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

HippoSOSHippos

Long15 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 172 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 15 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWaterPlant
  2. 2PlantWaterSwamp
  3. 3FireSwampDragon
  4. 4EarthWindDust
  5. 5DragonDustDragonfly
  6. 6DragonflyEarthAnt
  7. 7AntWindAntelope
  8. 8AntelopeWaterHippo
  9. 9FireWindSmoke
  10. 10DustEarthPlanet
  11. 11FirePlanetSun
  12. 12SunWindSunflower
  13. 13SmokeSunflowerSmoke Signal
  14. 14FireSmoke SignalSOS
  15. 15HippoSOSHippos
Crafting tree
1Earth + Waterโ†’ Plant2Plant + Waterโ†’ Swamp3Fire + Swampโ†’ Dragon4Earth + Windโ†’ Dust5Dragon + Dustโ†’ Dragonfly6Dragonfly + Earthโ†’ Ant7Ant + Windโ†’ Antelope8Antelope + Waterโ†’ Hippo9Fire + Windโ†’ Smoke10Dust + Earthโ†’ Planet11Fire + Planetโ†’ Sun12Sun + Windโ†’ Sunflower13Smoke + Sunflowerโ†’ Smoke Signal14Fire + Smoke Signalโ†’ SOS15Hippo + SOSโ†’ Hippos

Other ways to make Hippos

2 combinations are known to produce Hippos. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Hippos
FirstSecondResult
HippoSOSHippos
HipositiveNotHippos

Hippos at a glance

Steps to craft
15
Long
Crafting depth
17
longer than 77% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 15 steps

Similar effort to Hippos, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Hippos in Infinite Craft?

Combine Hippo with SOS. The full path from the base elements takes 15 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Hippos?

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

Is Hippos hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 15 steps it is longer than 77% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Hippos?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Hippos, 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.