Energy

Each Picture investigation and Puzzle game costs Energy points to play.

The number of energy points required varies between pictures/puzzles (with the pictures/puzzles you unlock at highest levels costing the most for each play) and also increases as the level of the picture/puzzle increases.

Pictures that contain anomalies cost additional energy points to play, unless you banish the anomaly before playing.

You can find your current number of energy points at the top centre of your Home Desktop (number 5 in the Home Desktop picture to the right).

Note: Energy Points are different to Strength points. Using weights that restore strength points will not increase your energy points. Stregth points are used to charge your friends pictures and awards when visiting them.

Enery Level and Maximum Energy
Number 5 in the picture of a Home Desktop above shows your current and maximum energy points in the form: current energy points/maximum energy points. In the example in the picture, the player has 617 out of a maximum 290 energy points available (clearly this player hasn't been playing very many pictures!).

Your maximum energy points increase by 5 for each level you increase in the game. You can also increase your maximum by using a Dinner (restores all energy and adds 10 points to your maximum) or a Holiday event equivalent of a Dinner (restores all energy and adds 15 points to your maximum, e.g. the Gingerbread House from the Christmas Update).

Energy Restoration
Your energy points restore slowly over time and are restored to maximum every time you reach a new lavel in the game.

Your energy recovers over time at a rate of 1 energy point every 3 minutes. The clock under your energy points (number 6 in the picture of a Home Desktop) shows how much time is left before a new energy point is restored.

Once you reach your maximum, the clock stops and your energy will not start restoring again until your energy points drop below the maximum level again. However, you can still gain energy points from awards or by using Food items in your inventory, and these will still be added to your current total energy points, even if the total is more than your maximum (see the example in the Home Desktop  picture above, the player has 617 energy points, even though their clock has stopped restoring energy since they are above their maximum of 290 points).

You can increase the rate your energy restores for a short period of time by using Talismans you can win in the game such as Winged Lightening (triples energy recovery for 30 minutes) and Super Winged Lightening (increases energy reovery rate by 5 for 90 minutes) or using Talismans you can buy in the shop for crystals such as Angel Wings (increases energy recovery rate by 10 for 2 hours). The Witch's Talisman Artefact triples the rate of energy point restoration like the regular Winged Lightening Talisman, but for 24 hours instead of 30 minutes. (This means that the Super Winged Lightening is still the best energy restoration tool available to win in the game).

Using Food to Restore Energy
As you play pictures and puzzles you energy supply will slowly go down. Once you run out of energy points you must either wait for your energy points to restore at a rate of 1 energy point every 3 minutes (or faster if you are using Talismans/Arefacts) or you can use Food items you win in the game to restore some of your energy so you can continue playing.

If you try to press the research button on a picture or puzzle investigation when you do not have the required amount of  energy ponits you will be given the option to use a food item in your inventory or buy the food item you require in the shop for crystals. You can use food items at any point in the game by pressing the inventory icon on your Home Desktop to open your Inventory and selecting the Energy tab. Pressing the icon for any food item you have in your inventory will bring up a box describing what the item does, which awards reward the item and how many you currently have in your inventory.

There are currently 6 Food items available in the game: During time restricted Holiday events added by certain updates there may be additional food items available to win in the game. There are usually 6 new food items which are holiday themed. These items restore equivalent amounts of energy as the normal food items, but each one restores slightly more energy than their non-holiday equivalent: The hoiday food items may still be available to win after the holiday event is over by combining the holiday collections again.
 * 1) Cappuccino - restores 30 energy points
 * 2) Ice Cream - restores 50 energy points
 * 3) Donut - restores 100 energy points
 * 4) Lunch Box - restores 150 energy points
 * 5) Energy Drink - restores 250 energy points
 * 6) Energy Drink - Fully restores all energy points and increases maximum energy by 10 points
 * 1) Holiday Cappuccino equivalent - restores 36 energy points
 * 2) Holiday Ice Cream equivalent -
 * 3) Holiday Donut equivalent -
 * 4) Holiday Lunch box equivalent -
 * 5) Holiday Energy Drink equivalent - restores 300 energy points
 * 6) Holiday Dinner equivalent - fully restores all energy points and increases maximum energy by 15 points.

During the Valentines update, the holiday food items only reward extra energy for the first 2 days of the event. After that they only awarded 4 or 5 energy points. G5 games have reported that this move was on purpose, and the extra points the Valentines food items restored at the beginning of the Valentines Challenge was a time sensitive special treat to launch the event.

Collections that reward Food items
Below is the list of collections that reward food items when combined. See the List of Collections for a full list of collections and what they reward.

Collections that reward Energy Talismans
Below is the list of collections that reward energy talismans such as winged ligthening and super winged lightening. See the List of Collections for a full list of collections and what they reward and the Arefacts page for details on the Witch's Talisman Artefact which aslo increases the rate of energy restoration.

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