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How to Make Tankboy in Infinite Craft

Tankboy 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 Cowboy plus Tank.

The final combination

CowboyTankTankboy

Long12 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 155 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

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

  1. 1FireWindSmoke
  2. 2EarthWaterPlant
  3. 3EarthPlantTree
  4. 4TreeWindLeaf
  5. 5WindWindTornado
  6. 6LeafTornadoTumbleweed
  7. 7SmokeTumbleweedCowboy
  8. 8FireWaterSteam
  9. 9FireSteamEngine
  10. 10EarthEngineTractor
  11. 11EngineTractorTank
  12. 12CowboyTankTankboy
Crafting tree
1Fire + Wind→ Smoke2Earth + Water→ Plant3Earth + Plant→ Tree4Tree + Wind→ Leaf5Wind + Wind→ Tornado6Leaf + Tornado→ Tumbleweed7Smoke + Tumbleweed→ Cowboy8Fire + Water→ Steam9Fire + Steam→ Engine10Earth + Engine→ Tractor11Engine + Tractor→ Tank12Cowboy + Tank→ Tankboy

Other ways to make Tankboy

5 combinations are known to produce Tankboy. Here are 5 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce Tankboy
FirstSecondResult
CowboyTankTankboy
Drowned CowboyTankTankboy
PaperboyTankTankboy
Cowboy BeefTankTankboy
CowboyTankdozerTankboy

What you can make with Tankboy

Tankboy at a glance

Steps to craft
12
Long
Crafting depth
15
longer than 58% of solved elements
Known recipes
5
ways to make it
Used in
5
other combinations

Other elements that take 12 steps

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Tankboy in Infinite Craft?

Combine Cowboy with Tank. The full path from the base elements takes 12 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Tankboy?

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

Is Tankboy 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 Tankboy?

Yes. 5 combinations are known to produce Tankboy, 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.