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How to Make Merchant in Infinite Craft

Merchant 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 Mermaid plus Port.

The final combination

MermaidPortMerchant

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 1637 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1WaterWaterLake
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3LakePlantLily
  4. 4WaterWindWave
  5. 5LilyWaveMermaid
  6. 6FireWaterSteam
  7. 7EarthSteamMud
  8. 8FireMudBrick
  9. 9BrickWindHouse
  10. 10HouseHouseTown
  11. 11TownWaterPort
  12. 12MermaidPortMerchant
Crafting tree
1Water + Water→ Lake2Earth + Water→ Plant3Lake + Plant→ Lily4Water + Wind→ Wave5Lily + Wave→ Mermaid6Fire + Water→ Steam7Earth + Steam→ Mud8Fire + Mud→ Brick9Brick + Wind→ House10House + House→ Town11Town + Water→ Port12Mermaid + Port→ Merchant

Other ways to make Merchant

37 combinations are known to produce Merchant. Here are 25 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Merchant
FirstSecondResult
MermanMoneyMerchant
MermanTrade WindsMerchant
JewelShakespeareMerchant
MermaidMillMerchant
MermaidPortMerchant
Pearl DiverVeniceMerchant
CaravanCrystalMerchant
FarmerHermesMerchant
CaravanSirenMerchant
FishermanHermesMerchant
CaravanJewelMerchant
CaravanNymphMerchant
CaravanPearlMerchant
CaravanSea StarMerchant
MermaidShopMerchant
CaduceusCaravanMerchant
CaravanHermitMerchant
CaravanMonocleMerchant
CaravanNaiadMerchant
CaravanNautilusMerchant
CaravanSageMerchant
EntTradeMerchant
NinjaTradeMerchant
SwordTradeMerchant
CaravanCultivatorMerchant

What you can make with Merchant

Merchant at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
16
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
37
ways to make it
Used in
54
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Merchant in Infinite Craft?

Combine Mermaid with Port. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Merchant?

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

Is Merchant 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 Merchant?

Yes. 37 combinations are known to produce Merchant, 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.