Talk:Combining Elements/@comment-166.147.104.24-20140820005717/@comment-24668482-20140821153307

Yes, you can combine the collections needed to make artefacts as many times as you want, and then create as many artefacts to use by combining them as you can.

For all the other collections, the value in combining them is really up to you. If you want the rewards they give out (e.g. tools, talismans, energy items) then combine them as many times as you want. If you need coins to unlock pictures/buy tools then combining collections is the quickest way to earn a lot of coins fast. And there is a desktop award available for combining collections, the top award level for that is 5000 collections - there are not that many unique collections, so if you want to achieve this award then you will have to combine multiples of some collections.

Personally, I can always use the extra energy, strength, talismans and tools, so I combine the collections as soon as I am able to. I have hundreds of some collections combined. The only time I don't combine is when the collection requires a lot of some combining elements I don't have many of. Then I will wait and see what other collections I have ready to combine that need the same elements. I will combine the one that has the reward I want most first (usually weights for getting additional strength, or tools like torches and dynamite which I like using).