The Anycubic Kobra X (2025) is Anycubic’s current entry-level multi-color FDM 3D printer. It replaces the Kobra 2 and Kobra 3 lines and is positioned as a beginner-friendly machine with two big selling points: built-in 4-color printing and fast print speeds (up to 600 mm/s claimed). For tabletop hobbyists who print terrain, scenery and large prop pieces, it sits in the same FDM “workhorse” tier as the Bambu A1 and Creality K1.
| Kobra X (4-color base unit) 260 mm cube, 600 mm/s, 4 colors built-in · ~$279 |
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| Kobra X Combo (with ACE GEN 2) Expanded multi-color setup · ~$449 |
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Anycubic Kobra X at a Glance
| Spec | Kobra X |
|---|---|
| Build volume | 260 × 260 × 260 mm |
| Print technology | FDM (filament) |
| Max print speed | Up to 600 mm/s (marketing); typical good prints around 300–400 mm/s |
| Multi-color | 4 colors built-in; expandable to 19 colors with ACE 2 Pro filament feeder units |
| Leveling | Automatic first-layer optimization, AI detection for print failures |
| Price (2026) | ~$279 base / ~$449 Combo with ACE GEN 2 / up to ~$1,200 for multi-ACE bundles · Check current price → |
| Released | 2025 |
The headline feature: built-in 4-color printing
The Kobra X’s biggest pitch is that multi-color printing is built into the base machine, not an add-on. Four filament slots ship in the box. If you want more colors, Anycubic sells the ACE 2 Pro filament-feeder module — you can stack them up to 19 total colors on the most expensive bundle. For tabletop hobbyists this is genuinely interesting because the historical pain of FDM-printing terrain has been: you print in one color and then have to prime & paint everything anyway. With 4 colors built in, you can print, say, a stone wall with mortar lines in a second color, or a base in a base color with details in an accent, and skip some of the priming & basecoat work.
Caveat: tabletop miniatures benefit from this less than terrain does, because the detail on a 28–32 mm hero figure is too small for FDM color transitions to look clean. Multi-color FDM is a terrain & scenery feature, not a hero-mini feature.
Speed: useful for terrain, not for miniatures
The 600 mm/s headline number is the “marketing maximum” — you won’t actually print at that speed and get good results. Realistic high-speed prints land in the 300–400 mm/s range, which is still much faster than legacy FDM machines (Ender 3 era was 50–80 mm/s). For terrain — ruined walls, dungeon tiles, modular bases — that speed bump genuinely changes the workflow: a wall section that took 6 hours on an old Kobra 2 prints in 1.5–2 hours on a Kobra X.
For actual miniatures (28–32 mm figures), FDM print quality is bottlenecked by physics, not by speed — the nozzle is 0.4 mm and minis need 0.05–0.1 mm detail. The Kobra X (or any FDM) is the wrong tool for hero minis. If miniatures are your goal, use a resin printer — see the best 3D printer for miniatures guide.
Who the Kobra X is for
- Yes: terrain printers (dungeon walls, ruined buildings, modular tiles, large props)
- Yes: bigger models like vehicles, monsters and titans printed at hobby scale
- Yes: bases, movement trays, custom storage trays for armies
- Maybe: cosplay props and large pieces — the 260 mm cube is generous
- No: 28–32 mm hero miniatures — use a resin printer instead
- No: anyone who wants a print-and-walk-away machine for fine detail (FDM still needs tuning)
What changed vs the Kobra 2
- Speed: 250 mm/s → 600 mm/s (marketing claims; realistic gain is roughly 2x)
- Multi-color: Kobra 2 was single-color; Kobra X has 4 colors built in
- AI failure detection: new on Kobra X (spaghetti detection, layer adhesion warnings)
- Remote printing: integrated app + cloud printing
- Build volume: similar (Kobra 2 was 250 × 220 × 220, Kobra X is 260 × 260 × 260) — a meaningful Z-height bump for terrain
- Auto leveling: improved first-layer optimization vs the Kobra 2’s basic LeviQ system
Caveats (what I don’t know without testing it)
An honest list of what a hands-on review would cover that this overview can’t:
- Out-of-box assembly — how much fiddling before the first print?
- Print quality at realistic terrain settings (0.2 mm layer, 200–300 mm/s) — do walls show artifacts?
- Filament-change reliability with the 4-color system — how often does a color swap fail mid-print?
- Bed adhesion across the larger 260 mm bed
- Noise level in a home office
- Slicer behavior — does Anycubic’s slicer handle complex terrain meshes cleanly, or is Cura/PrusaSlicer support good?
If you have a Kobra X and want to share notes, let me know — I’d like to turn this into a proper hands-on review eventually.
Where to buy
- Kobra X base unit (4 colors built-in): Check the Kobra X price on Amazon →
- Kobra X Combo with ACE GEN 2 (expanded color capacity): Check the Kobra X Combo (ACE GEN 2) on Amazon →
For more on tabletop 3D printing see Best 3D Printer for Miniatures (resin printers for hero minis) and Best 3D Printer for Terrain (FDM printers for scenery).