Little Alchemy 2 Cheat Sheet | All 720 Elements & Recipes

Little Alchemy 2: The Element Combination Game

Little Alchemy 2 is a crafting puzzle game where you combine basic elements to discover new ones. You start with four elements (air, earth, fire, water) and combine them to create over 720 items, from simple things like mud and steam to complex discoveries like the internet and time travel.

If you love element-combining games, try Infinite Craft — it uses AI to generate unlimited combinations with no fixed recipe list. Every combination you try creates something new.

Starting Elements & Basic Recipes

Every run starts with four base elements. Here are the essential early combinations:

Tier 1: The First 20 Elements

• Water + Water = Puddle
• Puddle + Puddle = Pond
• Pond + Pond = Lake
• Lake + Lake = Sea
• Earth + Earth = Land
• Land + Land = Continent
• Continent + Continent = Planet
• Fire + Fire = Energy
• Water + Earth = Mud
• Fire + Earth = Lava
• Lava + Air = Stone
• Fire + Stone = Metal
• Air + Air = Pressure
• Earth + Pressure = Stone
• Water + Air = Mist
• Earth + Fire = Lava
• Air + Lava = Stone
• Fire + Mud = Brick
• Brick + Brick = Wall
• Wall + Wall = House

Tier 2: Life and Biology

• Sea + Earth = Primordial Soup
• Primordial Soup + Energy = Life
• Life + Earth = Soil then Animal
• Life + Land = Animal
• Life + Sea = Fish (and later evolution chains)
• Animal + Air = Bird
• Animal + Land = varies by what you have unlocked

Tier 3: Civilization

• Stone + Metal = Blade
• Blade + Metal = Sword
• House + House = Village
• Village + Village = City
• Metal + Energy = Electricity
• Electricity + Metal = Wire
• Wire + Wire = Internet (eventually)

Hardest Elements to Discover

These elements stump most players:

• Time: Unlocks automatically after discovering 100 elements
• Human: Life + Clay (Clay = Mud + Stone)
• Tool: Human + Metal
• Domestication: Human + Animal
• Philosophy: Human + Idea (Idea = Human + Light Bulb)
• Science: Philosophy + Universe
• Internet: Computer + Wire (Computer = Tool + Electricity)

Tips for Finding All 720 Elements

Combine everything with new discoveries. Every time you find a new element, try combining it with every other element you have. Many recipes are not intuitive, and the only way to find them is systematic experimentation.

Pay attention to categories. Little Alchemy 2 groups discoveries into categories. If you notice you are missing elements in the "animals" category, focus on combining Life with different environments and materials.

The "big" elements unlock chains. Time, Human, Tool, Philosophy, and Science are gateway elements that unlock dozens of downstream recipes each. Prioritize finding these early.

Dead ends exist. Not every combination produces something new. If you have tried 50+ combinations with an element and gotten nothing, move on. Some elements only have 2 or 3 valid combinations.

Little Alchemy 2 vs Infinite Craft

Little Alchemy 2 has exactly 720 elements with fixed recipes. Once you discover them all, the game is "complete." Infinite Craft takes a completely different approach: it uses AI to generate combinations on the fly, meaning there is no fixed element list and no completion point. You can combine literally anything and get a unique result.

Little Alchemy 2 is better if you want a completionist experience (finding all 720). Infinite Craft is better if you want endless creative experimentation with no boundaries.

Play Element Combination Games

• Infinite Craft — AI-powered element combining with unlimited discoveries
• Merge Blocks — merge numbered blocks in a 2048-style puzzle
• 2048 — the original tile-merging game
• Connections — find groups of four related items