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How to Make Lava Skimmer in Infinite Craft

Lava Skimmer sits in the middle of Infinite Craft's difficulty curve. The shortest route we have found runs 12 steps from the four base elements, finishing with Sand Skimmer plus Volcano.

The final combination

Sand SkimmerVolcanoLava Skimmer

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 132 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 12 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustWindSandstorm
  3. 3EarthFireLava
  4. 4LavaWaterStone
  5. 5FireWaterSteam
  6. 6WaterWindWave
  7. 7SteamWaveSurf
  8. 8SurfWindSurfing
  9. 9StoneSurfingSkimming
  10. 10SandstormSkimmingSand Skimmer
  11. 11FireFireVolcano
  12. 12Sand SkimmerVolcanoLava Skimmer
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Wind→ Sandstorm3Earth + Fire→ Lava4Lava + Water→ Stone5Fire + Water→ Steam6Water + Wind→ Wave7Steam + Wave→ Surf8Surf + Wind→ Surfing9Stone + Surfing→ Skimming10Sandstorm + Skimming→ Sand Skimmer11Fire + Fire→ Volcano12Sand Skimmer + Volcano→ Lava Skimmer

Other ways to make Lava Skimmer

2 combinations are known to produce Lava Skimmer. Here are 2 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Lava Skimmer
FirstSecondResult
Lava LampSkimmingLava Skimmer
Sand SkimmerVolcanoLava Skimmer

What you can make with Lava Skimmer

Lava Skimmer at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
13
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
24
other combinations

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Lava Skimmer in Infinite Craft?

Combine Sand Skimmer with Volcano. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Lava Skimmer?

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

Is Lava Skimmer hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 12 steps it is longer than 58% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Lava Skimmer?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Lava Skimmer, 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.