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 from Strength points. Using weights that restore strength points will not increase your energy points. Strength points are used to charge your friends pictures and awards when visiting them.

Energy 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 level in the game.

Your energy recovers over time at a rate of 1 energy point every 3 minutes (20 points per hour). 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). Any energy points you receive from your desktop awards can increase your energy level above your maximum level.

You can increase the rate your energy restores for a short period of time by using Talismans you can win in the game.

Winged Lightning triples energy recovery for 30 minutes; which works out to 30 points in 30 minutes instead of 10 points in 30 minutes.
Super Winged Lightning increases energy recovery rate by 5 for 90 minutes, which works out to 150 points in 90 minutes instead of 30 points in 90 minutes.
Angel wings increases energy recovery rate by 10 for 2 hours, which works out to 400 points in 120 minutes instead of 40 points in 120 minutes.
The Witch's Talisman Artifact triples the rate of energy point restoration like the regular Winged Lightning Talisman, but for 24 hours instead of 30 minutes. This works out to 1440 points in 24 hours instead of 480 points in 24 hours.

You can leave an energy restoration talisman running while your device is on standby and energy will increase until it reaches your maximum level. If you use one of these Talismans, your energy level will not go above your maximum level (excluding energy points you may receive from your Awards.)

Using Food to Restore Energy

As you play pictures and puzzles your energy supply will be reduced by the cost of each play. 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/Artifacts), or replenish your energy level by using Food items. Food items can be won in the game or bought using crystals.

If you try to press the Research button on a picture or puzzle investigation when you do not have the required amount of energy points, you will be given the option to use a food item in your inventory, if you have an item with a high enough points value. If not, you are advised to buy food items 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. From this box, you may either opt to use the item (which consumes it) or cancel out without using it.

There are currently 6 Food items available in the game:

Energy Item	Icon	Value
Cappuccino		30 energy points
Ice Cream		50 energy points
Donut		100 energy points
Lunch Box		150 energy points
Energy Drink		250 energy points
Dinner		Fully restores all energy points and increases maximum energy by 10 points

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 the non-holiday equivalent:

Energy Item	Halloween Equivalent	Christmas Equivalent	Valentines Equivalent	Holiday Items Energy Value
Cappuccino	Potion of Cheerfulness	Eggnog	Cocktail	36 energy points
Ice Cream	Sugar skulls	Candy cane	Cake	60 energy points
Donut	Candy apple	Gingerbread cookies	Zephyr cake	120 energy points
Lunch Box	Pumpkin pie	Christmas pudding	Roll cake	180 energy points
Energy Drink	Vampire drink	Christmas Punch (called Holiday drink 2013/2014)	Yogurt	300 energy points
Dinner	Basket of Sweets	Gingerbread house	Sponge cake	Fully restores all energy points and increases maximum energy by 15 points

During the 2014 Valentines update, the holiday food items only rewarded extra energy for the first 2 days of the event for iOS devices. After that, they only awarded 4 or 5 energy points. G5 games reported that this move was a deliberate time-sensitive special treat to launch the event. However, this change in value of the items from standard holiday equivalent values to 4-5 energy points only affected iOS devices; all other platforms that received the update continued to receive the full amount throughout the challenge. The subsequent Tavern Update restored all these items to their original energy values, including any remaining in iOS players' inventories.

Collections that reward Food items

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

Collection Name	Item Created	Coins Earned	Rewards	Energy Earned
Chess Pieces	Chessboard	1000	Ice Cream x1	50
Windows to the World	Magnificent Picture	2250	Cappuccino x2	60
Psychic's Power	Psychic Orb	3000	Cappuccino x2	60
Historical Warriors	Collected Commander	3250	Ice Cream x1	50
Global Visions	Lucky Snow Globe	5750	Donut x1	100
Grandmother's Jam	Grandmother's Jam	6250	Cappuccino x3	90
Parade of Princesses	Portrait of Beauty	7750	Energy Drink x1	250
Bottled Boats	The Black Rose	9000	Dinner x1	Max + 10
Colorful Set	Colored Pencil Set	9250	Cappuccino x5	150
Voodoo Magic	Voodoo doll	8000	Dinner x1	Max + 10
Animal Tracks	Pathfinder's Encyclopedia	15000	Lunch Chest x1	460
Data storage device	Hard drive	10000	Ice Cream x2	100
Art supplies	Easel	11000	Donut x1	100
Magical ingredients (1)	Malachite casket	12000	Lunch Box x1	150
Strange instruments	Box of strange instruments	13500	Ice Cream x2	100
Police notes	Typewriter	14000	Donut x1	100
Flatware	Serving set	14500	Lunch Box x1	150
Magical amulets	Bag with amulets	15250	Energy Drink x1	250
Essential oil burners	Set of essential oil burners	N/A	Ice Cream x1, Hand Fan x2	50
Security system	Control unit	N/A	Energy Drink x1	250
Hunting traps	Animal traps	N/A	Cappuccino x1, Mystic Mirror x2	30
Magic crystals	Complete crystal holder	N/A	Ice Cream x1, Holy Water x2	50
Prophetic objects	Magical 8 ball	N/A	Cappuccino x1, Hand Fan x3,	30
Paranormal investigation	Neutron cannon	N/A	Cappuccino x2, Magical Lantern x2	30
Ouija board	Ouija board	N/A	Donut x1, Mystic Mirror x2	100
Cornelius's personal belongings	Crumpled sheet of paper	N/A	Donut x1, Hand Fan x2	100
Cornelius's diary	Secret diary	N/A	Ice Cream x1, Mystic Mirror x3	50
Cornelius's decoding tools	Decoding monocle	N/A	Lunch Box x2	300
Lost notes	Secret note in the diary	N/A	Lunch Box x1, Holy Water x2	150
Substantial breakfast	Porridge	N/A	Donut x3	300
Overhead projector	Overhead projector	N/A	Lunch Box x1, Magical Lantern x2	150
Eastern sweets	Tray of sweets	N/A	Donut x1, Holy Water x3	100
Lullaby music	Hurdy-gurdy	N/A	Lunch box x1, Magical Lantern x3	150
Wind instruments	French horn	N/A	Energy Drink x2	500
Hair accessories	Tiara	N/A	Dinner x1	Max + 10
Symmetrical inkblots	Rorschach test	N/A	Dinner x2	2x Max + 20
Unique paper clips	Magnifier paper clip	N/A	Cappuccino x1, Scroll x1	30
Week of terror	Girl in white	10000	Ice Cream x1	50
Set of negatives	Familiar face in the picture	7500	Donut x1	100
Magical ink	Bottle of ink	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Christmas hero	Santa Claus	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Drastic Measures	Magical Key	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Holiday Traditions	Flower Petals	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Teapots	Samovar	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Ornamental plates	"India" plate	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Caesar salad	Caesar salad	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Legendary plates	"Augean stables"	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Abandoned park	Haunted mansion	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Dietrich's story	The Order's token	N/A	Cappuccino x2	60
Engineer's uniform	Engineer's uniform	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Midday tea	Midday tea	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Author's things	Escritoire	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Radiating unit	Radiating unit	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Multi-panel canvas	City That Doesn't Sleep	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Movie props	Creepy doll	N/A	Cappuccino x2	60
Sweet brunch	Alfred's pie	N/A	Cappuccino x1	30
Falsifier's game	Carved figurines	N/A	Cappuccino x2	60
The psychic’s tools	White dove	N/A	Ice Cream x1	50
Shadowy research	List of ingredients	4000	Cappuccino x3	90
Oil painting series	Mangola's box	N/A	Ice Cream x1, Fortune Talisman x2	50
Witch's tools	Ceramic crucible	N/A	Compass x1, Ice Cream x1	50
Enemy's writings	Diary Cover	N/A	Cappuccino x1, Dynamite x1	30
Important information	Personal journal	N/A	Compass x1, Ice Cream x1	50
Diamond Dust	Rough Diamond	N/A	Ice Cream x3	150
Harder than Stone	Elephant Figurine	N/A	Compass x1, Ice Cream x1	50
Catch Me If You Can	Black Bead	N/A	Explorer's Eye x1, Cappuccino x1	30
Inquisitor's plan	Card case	N/A	Donut x1	100
Alchemy	Saxifrage	N/A	Donut x1	100

Talismans and Artifacts that increase Energy

Below is the list of Talismans and Artifacts that increase a player's Energy points (either through restoration or through Food items listed above) or reduce Energy cost during play.

Talisman	Function	Duration
Winged Lightning	x3 energy restoration	30 minutes
Super Winged Lightning	x5 energy restoration	90 minutes
Angel wings	x10 energy restoration	120 minutes
Witch's Talisman	x3 energy restoration	24 hours
Valentine's Amulet	-10% energy per play	12 hours
Sakura Talisman	-5% energy per play	24 hours
Sea Amulet	+25% energy points added when using energy items	24 hours
Woodlander's Amulet	x5 energy restoration	24 Hours
Great Hunters Amulet	-5% energy per play	48 Hours
Secret of Time amulet	x5 energy restoration	24 Hours
Sacred Bird Amulet	+25% energy points added when using energy items	48 Hours
New Beginnings Amulet	Decreases energy consumption for investigating locations and solving puzzles by 10%	24 Hours
Amulet of Rebirth	+25% energy points added when using energy items	48 Hours
Amulet of Glory	+25% energy points added when using energy items	48 Hours
Necklace of Memory	Decreases energy consumption by 10%	24 Hours
Indian Totem	Increases the effect of food items by 25%	48 Hours

The following Energy Talismans could be won by players during previous Timed Challenge events and are no longer available to win in the game:

Talisman	Function	Duration
Holiday Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Golden Antelope	x5 energy restoration	2 hours
Holiday Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Traveler Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Solemnity Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Halloween Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Christmas Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Mountain Skier Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Talisman of Spring	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Talisman of the Sun	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Harvest Talisman	x5 energy restoration	24 hours
Halloween Talisman	-10% energy per play	24 hours
Christmas Talisman	+25% energy points added when using energy items	48 hours
File:Gardener's Talisman.png Gardener's Talisman	-10% energy per play	48 hours
Talisman of the Ocean	-10% energy per play	24 hours
Christmas Talisman (2017)	Increases energy restoration by 5 times	24 hours
Talisman of Plenty	+25% energy points added when using energy items	48 Hours
Talisman of Awakening	Increases energy restoration by 5 times for 24 hours	48 hours

Collections that reward Energy Talismans

Below is the list of collections that reward energy talismans such as Winged Lightning and Super Winged Lightning. See the List of Collections for a full list of collections and what they reward and the Artifacts page for details on the Witch's Talisman Artifact which also increases the rate of energy restoration.

Collection Name	Item Created	Coins Earned	Rewards	Extra Energy Earned
Fragrant Flowers	Gorgeous Bouquet	2500	Winged Lightning x2	40
Wild Rings	Phoenix Ring	2750	Super Winged Lightning x2	240
Grandmother's Needlework	Trunk of a handy woman	6000	Talisman Chest x1	120
Fairy tales	Collection of fairy tales	10000	Winged Lightning x1	20
Ancient Legends	Hercules	10000	Super Winged Lightning x1	120
Legendary shields	Lancelet's shield	N/A	Angel Wings	360
Legendary armor	Wigar armor	N/A	Angel Wings	360
Mysterious gadget	Blocker	N/A	Angel Wings	360