The recipes needed to create Wheat in the Little Alchemy games, plus the other elements it unlocks
Once you’ve unlocked some of the elements on Little Alchemy’s tree of life it’s time to start making some useful elements. And what better than that core foodstuff – Wheat?
Ingredients needed to make Wheat
In Little Alchemy 1 there are 2 ways to make Wheat, both involving the attention of a Farmer. In the second game there are 3 ways, two of which involve it growing without direct human intervention.
| Game Version | Ingredients | Ingredient Images |
|---|---|---|
| Little Alchemy 1 | Farmer + Field |   |
| Little Alchemy 1 | Farmer + Plant |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Farmer + Grass |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Grass + Domestication |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Grass + Field |  |
The quickest way to get to Wheat
As you’ll need to develop life and some of the elements of agriculture first, Wheat is a mid-level element to discover. In the first game you can get there in 9 steps, but slightly longer in Little Alchemy 2. It will take 15 steps if you have the Time element, and 16 without.
Little Alchemy 1
- Water + Earth → Mud
- Water + Air → Rain
- Earth + Rain → Plant
- Mud + Plant → Swamp
- Air + Fire → Energy
- Swamp + Energy → Life
- Earth + Life → Human
- Human + Plant → Farmer
- Farmer + Plant → Wheat
Little Alchemy 2 (with Time)
You need to unlock 100 other elements first to create Time
- 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
- Air + Air → Pressure
- Earth + Pressure → Stone
- Stone + Fire → Metal
- Earth + Metal → Plow
- Plow + Earth → Field
- Grass + Field → Wheat
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 + Life → Soil
- Life + Soil → Plant
- Plant + Earth → Grass
- Air + Air → Pressure
- Earth + Pressure → Stone
- Stone + Fire → Metal
- Earth + Metal → Plow
- Plow + Earth → Field
- Grass + Field → Wheat
Steps to make the necessary ingredients
Apart from Water, which is one of the elements you start the game with, you’ll need some classic botanical elements to create Wheat.
Farmer
Farmers are essential for growing and harvesting Wheat. In Little Alchemy, you can make Farmer by putting a Human near anything farm related.
Little Alchemy 1
- Human + Field
- Human + Plant
- Human + Pitchfork
Little Alchemy 2
- Human + Plant
- Human + Grass
- Human + Pitchfork
- Human + Field
- Human + Barn
- Human + Plow
- Human + Orchard
Check out our full guide to making Farmer in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know
Field
Wheat needs a big empty plot of land to grow in.
Little Alchemy 1
- Earth + Tool
- Earth + Farmer
Little Alchemy 2
- Farmer + Earth
- Farmer + Land
- Farmer + Soil
- Tool + Earth
- Tool + Land
- Tool + Soil
- Plow + Earth
- Plow + Land
- Plow + Soil
Plant
Wheat is a type of corn, which is a plant.
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
Domestication
Systematic mastery of wild things, be they animal or vegetable, is domestication. You can only find this element in Little Alchemy 2.
Little Alchemy 2
- Animal + Human
- Animal + Farmer
- Animal + Science
- Farmer + Science
Grass
Wheat is part of the grass family, if you go back far enough.
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
What can you make with Wheat?
Once you’ve unlocked Wheat there are plenty of further elements you can use it to create. In Little Alchemy 2 it leads to some more esoteric but vital elements, like Domestication.
Little Alchemy 1
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Beer | Alcohol + Wheat |
| Cereal | Wheat + Milk |
| Flour | Wheat + Stone Windmill + Wheat Wheat + Waterwheel |
| Scythe | Blade + Wheat |
Little Alchemy 2
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | Wheat + Fruit Wheat + Juice |
| Beer | Alcohol + Wheat |
| Cereal | Wheat + Milk Wheat + Chocolate milk Wheat + Coconut milk |
| Flour | Wheat + Wheat Wheat + Stone Wheat + Windmill Wheat + Wheel Wheat + Rock |
| Scythe | Blade + Wheat Sword + Wheat Axe + Wheat |
| Silo | Wheat + Container Wheat + House Wheat + Barn Wheat + Wall Wheat + Farm Wheat + Safe Wheat + Bank |
| Windmill | Wind + Wheat |
Little Alchemy 2 category
Wheat has one category in the encyclopedia – Plants
DLC packs needed
You don’t need any extra DLC packs to make Wheat