The recipes needed to create Swamp in the Little Alchemy games, plus the other elements it unlocks
A swamp is not the best place to hang around in if you enjoy being clean or healthy. But it’s a valuable element in Little Alchemy 1 and Little Alchemy 2. Here’s how to create the element.
Ingredients needed to make Swamp
Plants + wetness + icky muck = a swamp. There are 2 ways to make Swamp in Little Alchemy 1, and 8 ways in Little Alchemy 2.
| Game Version | Ingredients | Ingredient Images |
|---|---|---|
| Little Alchemy 1 | Mud + Plant |   |
| Little Alchemy 1 | Mud + Grass |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Mud + Grass |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Mud + Tree |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Mud + Reed |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Lake + Algae |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Lake + Reed | |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Lake + Tree | |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Pond + Algae |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Pond + Reed | |
The quickest way to get to Swamp
Creating Swamp is much faster in Little Alchemy 1, taking only 4 steps. In Little Alchemy 2 it takes 11 if you have Time, and 12 if you don’t.
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Earth → Mud
- Water + Air → Rain
- Earth + Rain → Plant
- Mud + Plant → Swamp
Little Alchemy 2 (using Time)
You’ll need to discover 100 other elements to unlock Time
- Water + Earth → Mud
- 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
- Plant + Earth → Grass
- Mud + Grass → Swamp
Little Alchemy 2 (without Time)
- Water + Earth → Mud
- 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
- Plant + Earth → Grass
- Mud + Grass → Swamp
Steps to make the necessary ingredients
Mix together a standing body of water and some unfortunate plant matter, and you get the ideal place to train a Jedi!
Mud
Not much to say about Mud. It’s what you think it is.
Little Alchemy 1
- Mud + Plant
- Mud + Grass
Little Alchemy 2
- Mud + Grass
- Mud + Tree
- Tree + Lake
- Algae + Lake
- Algae + Pond
- Reed + Lake
- Reed + Pond
- Reed + Mud
Lake
A nice fresh body of water, looking for the opportunity to become boggy and smelly.
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Pond
- River + Dam
Little Alchemy 2
- Pond + Water
- Pond + Big
- Pond + Pond
- Sea + Small
Plant
Leafy items to submerge and rot.
Little Alchemy 1
Earth + Rain
Little Alchemy 2
- Tree + Small
- Seed + Water
- Seed + Soil
- Seed + Land
- Seed + Earth
- Grass + Big
- Algae + Land
- Algae + Earth
- Life + Soil
- Rain + Soil
Check out our full guide to making Plant in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know
Grass
The most abundant plant in the world, ideal for rotting down into a swamp.
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 lovely big bit of wood that can decompose and thicken the water when it dies.
Little Alchemy 1
- Plant + Time
Little Alchemy 2
- Plant + Big
- Plant + Wood
- Plant + Time
- Nest + Container
Reed
Only found in Little Alchemy 2, this larger version of grass will make your swamp extra yucky in no time.
Little Alchemy 2
- Plant + Pond
- Plant + Puddle
- Plant + Swamp
- Plant + River
- Grass + Pond
- Grass + Puddle
- Grass + Swamp
- Grass + River
Algae
The slimiest of the plant matter. Lovely and swampy!
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
Pond
Just about the right-sized volume of water to turn into a mushy mess.
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Garden
Little Alchemy 2
- Puddle + Puddle
- Puddle + Water
- Puddle + Big
- Lake + Small
What can you make with Swamp?
Swamp isn’t the most useful element but it’s a handy precursor for other more important elements like Life, and some cool ones like Yoda.
Little Alchemy 1
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Alligator | Lizard + Swamp |
| Bacteria | Swamp + Life |
| Life | Swamp + Energy |
| Lizard | Egg + Swamp |
| Quicksand | Sand + Swamp |
| Yoda | Jedi + Swamp |
Little Alchemy 2
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Alligator | Lizard + Swamp |
| Bunyip (DLC) | Swamp + Monster |
| Lizard | Swamp + Animal Egg + Swamp |
| Peat | Swamp + Plant Swamp + Time Swamp + Pressure |
| Quicksand | Sand + Swamp |
| Reed | Plant + Swamp Grass + Swamp |
| Sickness | Human + Swamp |
Little Alchemy 2 category
Swamp has 2 categories in the encyclopedia: Geology and Place
DLC packs needed
You don’t need any extra DLC packs to make Swamp