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How to Make Merchants in Infinite Craft

Merchants is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 18 combinations to get there, and the final one is Farmers plus Hermes. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

FarmersHermesMerchants

Long18 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 242 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 18 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EarthEngineTractor
  4. 4EarthTractorFarm
  5. 5EarthWaterPlant
  6. 6EnginePlantCar
  7. 7EarthSteamMud
  8. 8CarMudRally
  9. 9FarmRallyFarmers
  10. 10EarthWindDust
  11. 11DustEarthPlanet
  12. 12FirePlanetSun
  13. 13FireWindSmoke
  14. 14SmokeWaterFog
  15. 15FogPlanetVenus
  16. 16SunVenusMercury
  17. 17MercuryWindHermes
  18. 18FarmersHermesMerchants
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Fire + Steam→ Engine3Earth + Engine→ Tractor4Earth + Tractor→ Farm5Earth + Water→ Plant6Engine + Plant→ Car7Earth + Steam→ Mud8Car + Mud→ Rally9Farm + Rally→ Farmers10Earth + Wind→ Dust11Dust + Earth→ Planet12Fire + Planet→ Sun13Fire + Wind→ Smoke14Smoke + Water→ Fog15Fog + Planet→ Venus16Sun + Venus→ Mercury17Mercury + Wind→ Hermes18Farmers + Hermes→ Merchants

Other ways to make Merchants

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

Alternative combinations that produce Merchants
FirstSecondResult
FarmersHermesMerchants
MerchantPluralMerchants

Merchants at a glance

Steps to craft
18
Long
Crafting depth
24
longer than 83% of solved elements
Known recipes
2
ways to make it
Used in
0
other combinations

Other elements that take 18 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Merchants in Infinite Craft?

Combine Farmers with Hermes. The full path from the base elements takes 18 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Merchants?

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

Is Merchants hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as long. At 18 steps it is longer than 83% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Merchants?

Yes. 2 combinations are known to produce Merchants, 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.