The recipes needed to create Plant in both versions of Little Alchemy, plus the other elements it unlocks
Find a patch of ground, add some water, and all manner of vegetative life will soon follow.
Ingredients needed to make Plant
In Little Alchemy 1 there’s only 1 recipe to make Plant, but in Little Alchemy 2 there are 10! The basic ingredients are all quite similar but there are plenty of ways to combine them.
| Game Version | Ingredients | Ingredient Images |
|---|---|---|
| Little Alchemy 1 | Earth + Rain |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Tree + Small |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Seed + Water |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Seed + Soil |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Seed + Land |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Seed + Earth |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Grass + Big |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Algae + Land |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Algae + Earth | |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Life + Soil |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Rain + Soil |  |
The quickest way to get to Plant
The fastest ways to do it take 2 steps in Little Alchemy 1, and 9 in Little Alchemy 2 (whether you’re using Time or not):
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Air → Rain
- Earth + Rain → Plant
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 + Life → Soil
- Life + Soil → Plant
Little Alchemy 2 (without using Time)
The fastest way to get to Plant if you don’t have the 100 elements needed to unlock 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 + Life → Soil
- Life + Soil → Plant
Steps to make the necessary ingredients
Water and Earth are available at the start of the game, the rest will need to be nurtured into life.
Rain
Plants need water to grow. Fortunately, you can make it fall straight out of the sky with some atmospheric wrangling.
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Air
- Cloud + Water
Little Alchemy 2
- Cloud + Heat
- Cloud + Pressure
- Cloud + Water
Grass
Go outside and look at the lawn. Grass is a plant and it grows everywhere.
Little Alchemy 1
Plant + Earth
Little Alchemy 2
- Plant + Earth
- Plant + Land
Check out our full guide to making Grass in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know
Tree
A plant, but a big one.
Little Alchemy 1
- Plant + Time
Little Alchemy 2
- Plant + Big
- Plant + Wood
- Plant + Time
- Nest + Container
Seed
You’d think that seeds are needed before a plant can emerge, but they can only be found in Little Alchemy 2.
Little Alchemy 2
- Pollen + Plant
- Pollen + Bee
- Time + Flower
Small
Small is a useful but elusive element. Only available in the second game, there are 12 ways to make it. You’ll have to wrack your brain to work out how as the combinations are a little random – unless you use our guide!
Little Alchemy 2
- Philosophy + Bacteria
- Philosophy + Oxygen
- Philosophy + Carbon dioxide
- Philosophy + Ozone
- Philosophy + Pebble
- Philosophy + Rivulet
- Philosophy + Ant
- Philosophy + Spider
- Philosophy + Bee
- Philosophy + Scorpion
- Philosophy + Confetti
- Philosophy + Seahorse
Soil
Plants must grow in something, and what better than some enriched earth? You can only create Soil in Little Alchemy 2.
- Earth + Life
- Earth + Organic matter
- Land + Life
- Land + Organic matter
Land
Another element only available in the second version of the game. Put lots of earth-type stuff together and you get Land.
Little Alchemy 2
- Soil + Soil
- Soil + Big
- Continent + Small
- Earth + Earth
- Earth + Stone
Algae
Algae are plants themselves, but without the root structure of the sort of Plant we’re making here.
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Plant
- Sea + Plant
- Ocean + Plant
Little Alchemy 2
- Water + Plant
- Water + Grass
- Grass + Pond
- Grass + Lake
Check out our full guide to making Algae in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know
Life
Self-replicating organisms are the pinnacle of nature’s mysterious processes.
Little Alchemy 1
- Swamp + Energy
- Love + Time
Little Alchemy 2
- Primordial soup + Electricity
- Primordial soup + Time
- Primordial soup + Storm
- Primordial soup + Volcano
- Primordial soup + Lightning
- Primordial soup + Energy
- Electricity + Ocean
- Electricity + Sea
- Electricity + Lake
- Lightning + Ocean
- Lightning + Sea
- Lightning + Lake
Big
The opposite of Small, just what you need to make larger plants. You can only get it in Little Alchemy 2.
Little Alchemy 2
- Universe + Philosophy
- Galaxy + Philosophy
- Galaxy cluster + Philosophy
- Solar system + Philosophy
- Sun + Philosophy
- Planet + Philosophy
What can you make with Plant?
Plants enrich your natural environment, just like all the other elements you can make with them.
Little Alchemy 1
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Bee | Plant + Wild animal |
| Butterfly | Plant + Wild animal |
| Garden | Plant + Flower |
| Honey | Bee + Flower |
| Hummingbird | Bird + Flower |
| Perfume | Water + Flower Steam + Flower Alcohol + Flower |
| Rose | Love + Flower |
| Sunflower | Sun + Flower |
| Vase | Pottery + Flower |
| Water lily | Plant + Pond |
Little Alchemy 2
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Bee | Animal + Flower |
| Butterfly | Animal + Flower |
| Catnip | Cat + Flower |
| Fruit | Plant + Time Plant + Rain Plant + Water |
| Garden | Plant + Flower Plant + Grass Plant + Plant Plant + House Plant + Lawn Plant + Container |
| Honey | Bee + Flower |
| Hummingbird | Bird + Flower Plant + Owl Plant + Pigeon Plant + Seagull |
| Leaf | Plant + Wind |
| Perfume | Plant + Water Plant + Steam Plant + Alcohol |
| Pollen | Plant + Dust Plant + Wind |
| Rose | Love + Flower Blade + Flower |
| Seed | Time + Flower |
| Sunflower | Sun + Flower |
| Vase | Pottery + Flower Container + Flower Bottle + Flower |
| Water | Plant + Pond Plant + Puddle Plant + Lake Plant + Stream |
Little Alchemy 2 category
Plant has two categories in the encyclopedia – plants and decorations
DLC packs needed
You don’t need any extra DLC packs to make Plant