# First recipes

> Mixmote is a crafting game you play in the browser. This page is part of the [reading room](https://mixmote.com/reading-room), the game's handbook in plain text.

Everything on this page uses only the items every player starts with, plus the two early chains below. These results are fixed: they are the same for every player. The numbers are the usual yield; now and then a craft gives one more or one less.

## Key chains

### Sand

**Answer:**

1. Hammer on Stone gives 10 Gravel.
2. Hammer (or Knife) on Gravel gives 10 Sand.

**Hint, if you would rather work it out:** Sand is very small stone. Keep breaking it down.

### Glass

**Answer:**

1. Hammer on Stone gives 10 Gravel.
2. Hammer (or Knife) on Gravel gives 10 Sand.
3. Fire on Sand (or drag Fire onto Sand) gives 2 Glass.

**Hint, if you would rather work it out:** Glass is sand that has been in a fire.

## Combining

Two starting items, dragged one onto the other (with a force, you can also pick it from the hotbar and click the other item).

| Combine | Makes |
|---|---|
| Aether + Water | Quickwater |
| Aether + Wood | Wand |
| Air + Air | Cloudbank |
| Air + Clay | Air-Dried Clay |
| Air + Cold | Cold Air |
| Air + Fire | Hot Air |
| Air + Lightning | Ionised Air |
| Air + Sunlight | Sunkissed Air |
| Air + Water | Humid Air |
| Clay + Clay | Clay Seam |
| Clay + Earth | Mineral-Rich Dirt |
| Clay + Fire | Brick |
| Cold + Water | Ice |
| Earth + Earth | Steppe |
| Earth + Fire | Scorched Earth |
| Earth + Salt | Salted Earth |
| Earth + Stone | Stony Earth |
| Earth + Water | Mud |
| Earth + Wood | Soil |
| Fire + Fire | Firestorm |
| Fire + Lightning | Firestorm |
| Fire + Salt | Molten Salt |
| Fire + Stone | Hot Stone |
| Fire + Sunlight | Firestorm |
| Fire + Water | 20 Steam |
| Fire + Wood | 5 Charcoal |
| Lightning + Salt | Particle Cloud of Salt |
| Lightning + Sunlight | Solar Glare |
| Lightning + Water | Electrified Water |
| Lightning + Wood | 2 Lightning-Split Wood |
| Salt + Salt | Salt Boulder |
| Salt + Water | Brine |
| Stone + Stone | Stone Boulder |
| Stone + Water | Slippery Rock |
| Sunlight + Sunlight | Solar Glare |
| Sunlight + Water | Warm Pool |
| Water + Water | Tarn |
| Water + Wood | Waterlogged Wood |
| Wood + Wood | Workbench |

Any other pair of starting items is not recorded here.

## Tools

Each starting tool on each starting item: pick the tool from the hotbar, then click the item.

### Hammer

| Used on | Gives |
|---|---|
| Earth | Compact Earth |
| Stone | 10 Gravel |
| Wood | Wood Fragments |
| Salt | Compacted Salt |
| Clay | Clay Brick |

Not recorded here: Water, Fire, Air, Sunlight, Cold, Lightning, Aether, Guild Coin.

### Knife

| Used on | Gives |
|---|---|
| Stone | 2 Stone Slab |
| Wood | 2 Wooden Plank |
| Clay | 2 Clay Slab |

Not recorded here: Water, Fire, Air, Earth, Sunlight, Cold, Lightning, Salt, Aether, Guild Coin.

### Metal File

| Used on | Gives |
|---|---|
| Stone | 100 Stone Dust |
| Wood | 100 Wood Shavings |
| Salt | 100 Salt Dust |
| Clay | 100 Clay Dust |

Not recorded here: Water, Fire, Air, Earth, Sunlight, Cold, Lightning, Aether, Guild Coin.

### Surgical Knife

Not recorded here: Water, Fire, Air, Earth, Stone, Wood, Sunlight, Cold, Lightning, Salt, Clay, Aether, Guild Coin.

### Shovel

| Used on | Gives |
|---|---|
| Earth | Iron Ore |
| Clay | Bauxite |
| Water, Fire, Air, Sunlight, Cold, Lightning, Aether | Nothing: Digging searches a material or deposit for something inside it. This offers no ground to search. |
| Salt | Nothing: Salt is already separated material. There is no hidden resource to dig out. Try Earth, Clay, Mud or Sand. |
| Guild Coin | Nothing: Guild Coin is already separated material. There is no hidden resource to dig out. Try Earth, Clay, Mud or Sand. |

Not recorded here: Stone, Wood.

### Syringe

Not recorded here: Water, Fire, Air, Earth, Stone, Wood, Sunlight, Cold, Lightning, Salt, Clay, Aether, Guild Coin.

"Not recorded here" means this room does not say. The live world may know, or nobody has tried it yet ([how the world works](https://mixmote.com/reading-room/the-world)).

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From the Mixmote team. Built from the game's data (seed v3, version 2), last changed 2026-10-14.