The recipes needed to create Cheese in both versions of Little Alchemy, plus the other elements it unlocks
Every country thinks they make the best cheese. But the truth is, the one that will give you the most satisfaction is the element you unlock in the Little Alchemy games. Read on to find out how moldy milk will improve your gaming life.
Ingredients needed to make Cheese
There’s 1 way to make Cheese in Little Alchemy 1, and 4 in Little Alchemy 2. They all use milk, but in the second game, you can mix it with more types of ingredients.
| Game Version | Ingredients | Ingredient Images |
|---|---|---|
| Little Alchemy 1 | Milk + Time |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Milk + Time |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Milk + Tool |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Milk + Cook |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Milk + Bacteria |  |
The quickest way to get to Cheese
Cheese certainly isn’t an element you’ll find quickly by yourself. The shortest route involves 18 steps in Little Alchemy 1, and 17 in Little Alchemy 2, if you have Time. Without Time it’s a full 20 steps in the second game!
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Air → Rain
- Earth + Rain → Plant
- Plant + Earth → Grass
- Water + Earth → Mud
- Mud + Plant → Swamp
- Air + Fire → Energy
- Swamp + Energy → Life
- Earth + Life → Human
- Human + Plant → Farmer
- Farmer + Life → Livestock
- Grass + Livestock → Cow
- Cow + Human → Milk
- Earth + Fire → Lava
- Air + Lava → Stone
- Stone + Air → Sand
- Fire + Sand → Glass
- Sand + Glass → Time
- Milk + Time → Cheese
Little Alchemy 2 (using Time)
You can only unlock Time after creating 100 other elements first
- Water + Water → Puddle
- Puddle + Puddle → Pond
- Pond + Pond → Lake
- Lake + Lake → Sea
- Earth + Sea → Primordial soup
- Primordial soup + Time → Life
- Earth + Earth → Land
- Life + Land → Animal
- Air + Air → Pressure
- Earth + Pressure → Stone
- Stone + Fire → Metal
- Earth + Metal → Plow
- Plow + Earth → Field
- Animal + Field → Livestock
- Livestock + Field → Cow
- Cow + Water → Milk
- Milk + Time → Cheese
Little Alchemy 2 (without using Time)
- Water + Water → Puddle
- Puddle + Puddle → Pond
- Pond + Pond → Lake
- Lake + Lake → Sea
- Earth + Sea → Primordial soup
- Fire + Fire → Energy
- Primordial soup + Energy → Life
- Earth + Earth → Land
- Life + Land → Animal
- Air + Air → Pressure
- Earth + Pressure → Stone
- Stone + Fire → Metal
- Earth + Metal → Plow
- Plow + Earth → Field
- Animal + Field → Livestock
- Livestock + Field → Cow
- Cow + Water → Milk
- Water + Earth → Mud
- Life + Mud → Bacteria
- Milk + Bacteria → Cheese
Steps to make the necessary ingredients
Cheese always starts with Milk, but just leaving it alone for a while isn’t the only way to make it. These other manufacturing ingredients will help:
Milk
The basic ingredient for Cheese, available directly from your nearest mammal.
Little Alchemy 1
- Farmer + Cow
- Cow + Human
Little Alchemy 2
- Cow + Farmer
- Cow + Tool
- Cow + Water
- Cow + Liquid
- Goat + Farmer
- Goat + Tool
- Goat + Water
- Goat + Liquid
Time
In its simplest form, cheese is just milk that’s been left long enough to get moldy. Time only has one recipe, which is the same in both games.
Little Alchemy 1 & 2
Sand + Glass
Check out our guide on making Time in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know.
Cook
You can only make Cook in Little Alchemy 2. Our diet must have been very bland without cooked food in LA1!
Little Alchemy 2
- Human + Fruit
- Human + Vegetable
- Human + Campfire
- Human + Nuts
Tool
Tools are handy for making everything.
Little Alchemy 1
Human + Metal
Little Alchemy 2
- Human + Metal
- Human + Steel
- Human + Wood
- Human + Stone
- Human + Rock
- Wood + Metal
- Wood + Steel
- Wood + Stone
- Wood + Rock
Check out our full guide to making Tool in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know
Bacteria
Bacteria get a bad rep, but they don’t really deserve it. These clever little single-celled organisms drive the most important processes on planet Earth. That said, you’ll have to wash your hands after mixing up the stuff needed to create them!
Little Alchemy 1
- Swamp + Life
Little Alchemy 2
- Life + Primordial soup
- Life + Small
- Life + Mud
See our full guide on making Bacteria in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know.
What can you make with Cheese?
Cheese is delicious, so it’s used to make lots of yummy foodstuffs in the Little Alchemy games, plus some other fun elements.
Little Alchemy 1
| Elements | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Cheeseburger | Cheese + Hamburger |
| Goldfish | Fish + Cheese |
| Grilled Cheese | Cheese + Toast |
| Mac and Cheese | Cheese + Pasta |
| Moon | Sky + Cheese |
| Mouse | Wild Animal + Cheese |
| Mousetrap | Wood + Cheese Metal + Cheese |
| Pizza | Cheese + Dough |
| Sandwich | Bread + Cheese |
Little Alchemy 2
| Elements | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Cheeseburger | Cheese + Hamburger Cheese + Sandwich |
| Grilled Cheese | Cheese + Toast |
| Hamburger | Meat + Cheese |
| Mac and Cheese | Cheese + Pasta |
| Moon | Sky + Cheese Night + Cheese |
| Mouse | Animal + Cheese Cheese + Barn Cheese + House Cheese + Farm Cheese + Wall |
| Mousetrap | Cheese + Wood Cheese + Metal Cheese + Steel |
| Pizza | Cheese + Dough Cheese + Bread Cheese + Wheel |
| Sandwich | Bread + Cheese |
Little Alchemy 2 category
Cheese has one category in the encyclopedia – food
DLC packs needed
You don’t need any extra DLC packs to make Cheese