To help your friends you may send Combining Element (CE) gifts, Special Item gifts, and Collection Item (CI) gifts. Combining Elements and Special Items are together called "Free Gifts". Free gifts never come out of your own inventory. Collection Items always do come out of your inventory. Friends may put any Combining Element and most Collection Items on their Wish Lists. They cannot put Special Items on their Wish list. (Fireflies, Ladybug, Carrot, Cupid’s arrow, or Token)
You may choose to gift an item from their wish list, or you may choose another gift.
The Chinese Festivities Update (version 1.37.3700) in late January 2019 introduced G5 Friends™ to The Secret Society® - Hidden Mystery ("SSHM"). This is a new-to-SSHM Friends interface. The methods of gifting and some of the "rules" were changed.
G5 Friends also added a Request feature for Collection Items which is covered in the Wishlists article.
Gifting Limits[]
"Free Gifts" include all Combining Elements (CE) and the five permanent Special Items. Free gifts do not come out of your own inventory; they are Free for you to send.
For each friend, in any 24-hour period, you may send one Free gift and 10 Collection Items (CI). For Free gifts, after 24 hours has passed, you may send another. The 24-hour period is based on your own schedule.
After you have sent 50 Collection Items in a 24 hour period, you will not be able to send more via the Gifting system. You can send items that were Requested.
You may send one Free Gift to each friend. You are no longer limited to 50 gifts (50 friends).
Combining Elements and Special Items become available to send as you increase in level. The table in the List of Free Gifts section of this page lists all Combining Elements and Special Items and the level needed to send them. (Caution: You may choose to spend crystals to purchase a particular element. If you do this, you will NOT unlock all "cheaper" elements.)
As of late April, 2021, the Incoming Gift Box is limited to 100 gifts. (This was increased from 50, which was the limit since G5 Friends started.) It is a good idea to clear your own gift box often to try to keep it open. Also, changing your own wish list will show as an event on your friends' News Feeds, so they will see how recently you were playing.
Thank You Gifts[]
You will receive a Thank You gift for each Collection Item (CI), if the recipient sends a Thank You gift. They cannot send a Thank You gift for a Combining Element.
Thank You gifts may be any Combining Element, or one of the five permanent Special Items. (Fireflies, Ladybug, Carrot, Cupid's arrow, Token)
If a friend sends you a Collection Item, you will tap "Accept" to accept the gift; then you must tap "Gift Back" to send a Thank You gift.
Gifting Methods[]
There are several ways to send Gifts. You can send Wish List gifts from the News Feed. This shows you how recently the friend put the item on their list. You can send any gift from the Friends tab; there are several ways to send from there. In addition you can send an item that is Requested and is shown on the Gifts tab. This is not exactly the same as a Gift but it will increase your friend’s inventory of that item.
The result of Sending via the News Feed is the same as sending via the Friends tab. Your friend will receive the item in their Gift Box and they may send you a Thank You gift. If you send a Collection Item, it counts towards your daily quota.
News Feed tab[]
The phrase “has asked for your help” means the friend has put the item on their Wish list. You can see when they added it. Sending a gift from here goes into their Gift Box the same as if you send it from the Friends tab.
Keep in mind that many players do not update their wish list every day, so if you gift only from the News Feed, you might be skipping some friends. It is recommended to primarily use the "Round of Gifting" method for sending Free gifts. The News Feed is helpful for deciding whether to send Collection Item gifts, which can also be sent during a "Round of Gifting" or to a specific friend.
For both Combining Elements and Collection Items, if the image on the News Feed tab has a brighter blue background, you can send it as a gift. If the background is darker blue, you cannot send it.
Combining Elements[]
If you have not sent a Free Gift to a friend in the last 24 hours, the image will have a brighter blue background. A darker blue background means that it is too soon to send a gift to that friend.
Tap the image and the gift will be sent immediately. (not shown)
Then the background color will darken.
If you tap it, you will see this message:
Collection Items[]
These gifts do come out of your inventory. There is a daily limit of 10 Collection Items per friend. If you have at least one of the item, and if you have not given 10 items to that friend, the background will be brighter blue. Tap the item and it will tell you the item name, its collection name, and how many you have, and show you how many you have and whether you have completed the quest for the item.
After tapping the Collection Item in the News Feed:
If you have at least one, you can Send Gift or Cancel. Closing the box with X is the same as canceling.
If you don’t have the item, the background is a darker shade of blue. You can tap the item to learn more about it. Tapping Show me will close the entire Friends section and return your Desktop and show you a picture where this item Can be found. NOTE You might not be able to find the item in that picture: It depends on whether you have completed the quest for the item, and if you advanced the picture to a high-enough level. You can learn more by searching Collections for the item.
If you do send a Collection Item via the News Feed, your inventory will decrease by one. If your friend's Gift Box is full, they will not receive the item. Checking your own Gift Box and checking how long ago your friend changed their wish list can help you determine whether they are likely to receive your gift.
Friends tab / Send Gifts screen[]
For the Friend, tap Gift to open the Send Gifts screen. To return to the Friends tab after sending gift(s) to one friend, tap the Friends bottom tab. To return to the Desktop, tap the X in the upper right corner.
Free Gifts[]
On the Send Gifts screen, send any Wish List CE by tapping it. Or, scroll through the “Send Gift” tab to choose another CE or a Special Item (such as a Ladybug.) The Send Gifts buttons are blue, indicating that this option is available now. Immediately after sending a Free gift, the bottom half of the screen will switch to Send a collection item. There is no notification that your gift has been sent.
If the Send Gifts screen opens to "Send a Collection item", a Free Gift cannot be sent at this time.
Collection Items[]
In addition to sending a CE, Collection Item(s) can be sent. Again, there is no notification that your gift has been sent. Assume it will always come out of your inventory whether or not the friend receives it.
Notice there are horizontal scroll bars under CEs (Send Gift) and CIs (Send a Collection item.) You may scroll or swipe through pages of gifts to find one that is not on the friend's wish list. If there is an item that you like to give, note where the white scroll bar is relative to the bottom tabs. That will give you a target to aim for next time.
To return to the Friends list, tap Friends at the bottom. To return to the Desktop, tap the X in the upper right corner.
If the Gift button (under the Avatar) turns gray, this means you have sent the limit of 10 Collection Items to this friend in the last 24 hours. If you tap the Gift button under a friend's avatar, and the Send Gifts screen opens to Send a collection item, this means that a free gift was sent within the last 24 hours, so this option is not available. If you tap Send Gift (for Free gifts); you will see that all the Send Gift buttons are gray.
Kayli has one CI on her Wish List. I have 2 of this item. If I want to send it, or if I’m not sure, I can tap it to see what it is and whether I have completed the quest for this item:
Even though I have two of these in my inventory, I have not “collected” the item, which means I haven’t completed the quest for this item. I will Cancel.
After I have finished gifting Kayli, I can return to the main Friends screen by tapping the Friends bottom tab.
Round of Gifting[]
This method allows you to send all of your friends CE gifts quickly. Instead of returning to the Friends tab and tapping Gift for another friend, you can stay on the Send Gifts screen for all of them. This method takes two taps for most friends. 100 friends should take no more than 10 minutes on a relatively fast computer or tablet. You may send a Free gift to each friend, no matter how many friends you have.
On the Friends tab, set Sort by: dropdown box to one of the following:
- Recent interaction: This tends to prioritize players you have visited.
- Recent activity: This prioritizes players who are currently active in any G5 game, not necessarily SSHM. As players sign in, your list order and your position within the list can change. After the currently active players, players are sorted by most recent sign-in.
- Level: Sorts your friends from highest level down.
- Alphabetical order.
Tap Gift for the first friend (Top row, left). This opens the Send Gift window.
If CEs are shown in the bottom half of the window, you can send this friend a Free gift. If Collection Items are shown in the bottom half, you cannot send a Free gift at this time. Unless the Send Gift buttons for the Collection Items are gray, you can send a Collection Item now, if you wish.
Instead of returning to the Friends screen after gifting the first friend, move to the next friend by doing one of the following:
- Touchscreen or mouse: Tap the right arrow > to the right of their wish list.
- Touchscreen: Swipe over the wish list, from right to left.
- Mouse: With the cursor over the top section of the screen, hold the left button and swipe from right to left.
- (Windows only): With the cursor over the top section of the screen, use your mouse's scroll wheel to scroll to the next friend.
- Trackpad: Swipe with two fingers. Depending on the OS, you might need to swipe horizontally or vertically.
Example gifting session:
Depending on the exact timing and sort order of the friends, I can send gifts to all of them now.
I have 78 friends that are playing SSHM with the new Friends system. Using this method, I am able to send all of them Free gifts in less than 5 minutes; less than 4 seconds per friend (two taps for most).
When I get to my 79th friend, the wish list is empty. This is because the old and new systems are not fully compatible. The new system cannot see the wish list of any player who has not updated. They might still be playing. Even though the Friends list is sorted by “Interaction with me," once I have reached the friends who have not updated, the order means nothing.
Receiving Gifts / the Gifts tab[]
The Gifts bottom tab is for receiving gifts and not for sending regular gifts. You can send Collection Items that have been Requested of you; see Requests.
To Accept a Free Gift (Combining Element or Special Item), tap the Accept button. You cannot send a Thank You for these and there is no need to tap anything else. The gifts will go into your inventory when you close the Friends screen with the X in the upper right corner.
To Accept a Collection Item gift and send a Thank you, tap Accept and then tap Gift Back. The Thank You gift will be sent when you close the Friends screen.
Rejecting a gift[]
If you do not wish to accept a gift, tap the X in the upper right corner of the gift window. Your friend will not receive a Thank You gift. They will not receive the gift back; it is simply lost.
About Sending Common/Low Level Collection Items[]
If you played SSHM with the old friends system for a while, you probably have quite a few of the collection items that used to be in the pool of Thank you gifts that you could receive from sending CEs. These items are from the Wisdom of the Library, Crowns of the World, A Set of Toy Soldiers, Stargazer's Artifacts, The Navigator's Secrets, Wild Rings, Psychic's Power, and Athlete's Equipment collections.
If you send any of these items, or any CI, you will receive a random CE in return. You may have friends that send you these collection items. They know this is how they can get more CEs. Unless you have exceeded your daily limit of 10 CIs per friends or 50 CIs for all friends, you might want to return the same or similar items to friends who send them to you, or "pay it forward" to other friends.
List of Free Gifts[]
Below is a list of all the Free Gifts currently available in the game. Free Gifts do not come out of your Inventory when you send them to Friends.
When you first start a new game, the only item that you can send as a Free gift to your friends is the Winding Key. As you increase your Game Level you will unlock more items that you can send as Free Gifts to your Friends. You can unlock an item earlier than the stated level by paying a once-off price with Crystals, after which that item will become available for you to send as Free Gifts.
Starting in mid-2019, the game has been releasing a set of four themed Combining Elements with each update. They become giftable with the next update.
Important: None of these items come out of your Inventory when you send them as Gifts to your Friends.
Warning: While scrolling through the items in the Send Gift section of Friends, be very careful to not touch/tap/click "Unlock for x (crystals.)" If you do, you will not be given a chance to confirm. The crystals will immediately be deducted. Items at a lower level will not be unlocked.
Element | Image | Level Unlocked At | Crystals Needed to Unlock Early |
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Winding Key | 1 | 0 | |
Silver Winding Key | 2 | 2 | |
Gold Winding Key | 3 | 3 | |
Spring | 4 | 4 | |
Steel Spring | 5 | 5 | |
Second Hand | 5 | 5 | |
Spiral Spring | 6 | 6 | |
Gear | 7 | 7 | |
Bronze Gear | 8 | 8 | |
Antikythera Mechanism | 9 | 9 | |
Minute Hand | 10 | 10 | |
Photo Paper | 10 | 10 | |
Developing Agent | 11 | 11 | |
Wooden Pin | 12 | 12 | |
Red Lamp | 13 | 13 | |
Lens | 14 | 14 | |
Hour Hand | 15 | 15 | |
Drink Me Bottle | 15 | 15 | |
Eat Me Cake | 16 | 16 | |
Rabbit's Waistcoat | 17 | 17 | |
Mad Hat | 18 | 18 | |
Small Key | 19 | 19 | |
Clock Face | 20 | 20 | |
Painted Rose | 20 | 20 | |
Heart | 20 | 20 | |
Teapot | 21 | 21 | |
Imitation Leather | 22 | 22 | |
Buckram | 23 | 23 | |
Gold Foil | 24 | 24 | |
Parchment | 25 | 25 | |
Fireflies | 25 | 25 | |
Cupid's arrow | 25 | 25 | |
Decorative Corners | 26 | 26 | |
Satin Ribbons | 27 | 27 | |
Treble Clef | 28 | 28 | |
Bass Clef | 29 | 29 | |
Alto Clef | 30 | 30 | |
Sharp | 31 | 31 | |
Flat | 32 | 32 | |
Ladybug | 35 | 35 | |
Postcard | 40 | 40 | |
Carrot | 45 | 45 | |
Dragon's claw | 50 | 50 | |
Mermaid scale | 55 | 55 | |
Basilisk fang | 60 | 60 | |
Rose | 60 | 60 | |
Salamander tail | 65 | 65 | |
Griffin feather | 70 | 70 | |
Unicorn blood | 75 | 75 | |
Thread | 80 | 80 | |
Candle | 80 | 80 | |
Needle | 85 | 85 | |
Token | 87 | 87 | |
Pin | 90 | 90 | |
Thimble | 95 | 95 | |
Screw nut | 100 | 100 | |
Small screw | 105 | 105 | |
Washer | 110 | 110 | |
Split washer | 115 | 115 | |
Snowflake | 120 | 120 | |
Christmas stocking | 125 | 125 | |
Streamer | 130 | 130 | |
Tinsel | 135 | 135 | |
Bobbin | 140 | 140 | |
Needle Threader | 145 | 145 | |
Seam Ripper | 150 | 150 | |
Presser Foot | 155 | 155 | |
Dried fruits | 160 | 160 | |
Spices | 165 | 165 | |
Nuts | 170 | 170 | |
Sunflower seeds | 175 | 175 | |
Sea Pebble | 180 | 180 | |
Coral | 185 | 185 | |
Alga | 190 | 190 | |
Sea Moss | 195 | 195 | |
Bow | 200 | 200 | |
Amber Butterfly | 200 | 200 | |
Wooden Anchor | 200 | 200 | |
Garden Gnome | 200 | 200 | |
Wind-up Seahorse | 200 | 200 | |
Wooden Fish | 200 | 200 | |
White Crocus | 200 | 200 | |
Symbol of Wisdom | 200 | 200 | |
Cassia | 200 | 200 | |
Peony | 205 | 205 | |
Azure Butterfly | 205 | 205 | |
Silver Anchor | 205 | 205 | |
Gnome With Basket | 205 | 205 | |
Wind-up Raven | 205 | 205 | |
Porcelain Fish | 205 | 205 | |
Pink Crocus | 205 | 205 | |
Symbol of Bravery | 205 | 205 | |
Orchid | 205 | 205 | |
Wedding Envelope | 210 | 210 | |
Amethyst Butterfly | 210 | 210 | |
Golden Anchor | 210 | 210 | |
Gnome With Watering Can | 210 | 210 | |
Wind-up Stallion | 210 | 210 | |
Silver Fish | 210 | 210 | |
Pocket Mirror | 210 | 210 | |
Yellow Crocus | 210 | 210 | |
Symbol of Strength | 210 | 210 | |
Water Lily | 210 | 210 | |
Wedding Ring Box | 215 | 215 | |
Colorful Butterfly | 215 | 215 | |
Decorated Anchor | 215 | 215 | |
Gnome With Lantern | 215 | 215 | |
Wind-up Kitty | 215 | 215 | |
Golden Fish | 215 | 215 | |
Silver Mirror | 215 | 215 | |
Purple Crocus | 215 | 215 | |
Symbol of Magic | 215 | 215 | |
Plumeria | 215 | 215 | |
Oak Leaf | 220 | 220 | |
Dog Familiar | 220 | 220 | |
Wooden Camel | 220 | 220 | |
Bullfinch Ornament | 220 | 220 | |
White Egg | 220 | 220 | |
Rhinoceros | 220 | 220 | |
Golden Mirror | 220 | 220 | |
White Feather | 220 | 220 | |
Deepwater Starfish | 220 | 220 | |
Snow Globe | 220 | 220 | |
Acorn | 225 | 225 | |
Fox Familiar | 225 | 225 | |
Stone Camel | 225 | 225 | |
Penguin Ornament | 225 | 225 | |
Decorative Egg | 225 | 225 | |
Giraffe | 225 | 225 | |
Precious Mirror | 225 | 225 | |
Azure Feather | 225 | 225 | |
Enamel Starfish | 225 | 225 | |
Fir Tree Globe | 225 | 225 | |
Hop Cone | 230 | 230 | |
Bear Familiar | 230 | 230 | |
Silver Camel | 230 | 230 | |
Snowman Ornament | 230 | 230 | |
Precious Egg | 230 | 230 | |
Elephant | 230 | 230 | |
Blue Poinsettia | 230 | 230 | |
Golden Feather | 230 | 230 | |
Golden Starfish | 230 | 230 | |
Snowman Globe | 230 | 230 | |
Wheat Spike | 235 | 235 | |
Tiger Familiar | 235 | 235 | |
Golden Camel | 235 | 235 | |
Kitty Ornament | 235 | 235 | |
Unique Egg | 235 | 235 | |
Lion | 235 | 235 | |
Scarlet Poinsettia | 235 | 235 | |
Magical Feather | 235 | 235 | |
Precious Starfish | 235 | 235 | |
Santa Globe | 235 | 235 | |
Bat | 240 | 240 | |
Deer Amulet | 240 | 240 | |
Amber | 240 | 240 | |
Cinema Novice's Award | 240 | 240 | |
Pi Yao | 240 | 240 | |
Enamel Bracelet | 240 | 240 | |
Bronze Fibula | 240 | 240 | |
Silver Poinsettia | 240 | 240 | |
Winter Leaf | 240 | 240 | |
Themis | 240 | 240 | |
Garnet Ring | 240 | 240 | |
Ghost | 245 | 245 | |
Eagle Amulet | 245 | 245 | |
Emerald | 245 | 245 | |
Cinema Lover's Award | 245 | 245 | |
Three-legged Toad | 245 | 245 | |
Silver Bracelet | 245 | 245 | |
Silver Fibula | 245 | 245 | |
Golden Poinsettia | 245 | 245 | |
Spring Leaf | 245 | 245 | |
Athena | 245 | 245 | |
Garnet Bracelet | 245 | 245 | |
Skeleton | 250 | 250 | |
Bear Amulet | 250 | 250 | |
Sapphire | 250 | 250 | |
Cinema Expert's Award | 250 | 250 | |
Mandarin Duck | 250 | 250 | |
Decorated Bracelet | 250 | 250 | |
Golden Fibula | 250 | 250 | |
Turquoise Dragon | 250 | 250 | |
Summer Leaf | 250 | 250 | |
Nike | 250 | 250 | |
Garnet Pendant | 250 | 250 | |
Spider | 255 | 255 | |
Wolf Amulet | 255 | 255 | |
Diamond | 255 | 255 | |
Cinema Master's Award | 255 | 255 | |
Turtles | 255 | 255 | |
Precious Bracelet | 255 | 255 | |
Precious Fibula | 255 | 255 | |
Red Dragon | 255 | 255 | |
Autumn Leaf | 255 | 255 | |
Zeus | 255 | 255 | |
Garnet Brooch | 255 | 255 | |
Brooch | 260 | 260 | |
Stone Sphynx | 260 | 260 | |
Chou Figurine | 260 | 260 | |
Craft Doll | 260 | 260 | |
Novice Witch | 260 | 260 | |
Azure Mask | 260 | 260 | |
Spring Fairy | 260 | 260 | |
Wandering Spirit | 260 | 260 | |
White Dragon | 260 | 260 | |
Wooden Amulet | 260 | 260 | |
Ghost Charm | 260 | 260 | |
Lucky Coin | 260 | 260 | |
Cufflink | 265 | 265 | |
Bronze Sphynx | 265 | 265 | |
Dan Figurine | 265 | 265 | |
Rag Doll | 265 | 265 | |
Voyager Witch | 265 | 265 | |
Decorated Mask | 265 | 265 | |
Summer Fairy | 265 | 265 | |
Ghost Maiden | 265 | 265 | |
Green Dragon | 265 | 265 | |
Silver Amulet | 265 | 265 | |
Spider Charm | 265 | 265 | |
Jug of Silver | 265 | 265 | |
Earring | 270 | 270 | |
Silver Sphynx | 270 | 270 | |
Jing Figurine | 270 | 270 | |
Porcelain Doll | 270 | 270 | |
Mentor Witch | 270 | 270 | |
Golden Mask | 270 | 270 | |
Autumn Fairy | 270 | 270 | |
Ghost Lantern | 270 | 270 | |
Wooden Elephant | 270 | 270 | |
Golden Amulet | 270 | 270 | |
Cat Charm | 270 | 270 | |
Pot of Gold | 270 | 270 | |
Ring | 275 | 275 | |
Golden Sphynx | 275 | 275 | |
Sheng Figurine | 275 | 275 | |
Peruvian Doll | 275 | 275 | |
Supreme Witch | 275 | 275 | |
Carnival Mask | 275 | 275 | |
Winter Fairy | 275 | 275 | |
Ghost From the Mirror | 275 | 275 | |
Marble Elephant | 275 | 275 | |
Enchanted Amulet | 275 | 275 | |
Jack-O'-Lantern Charm | 275 | 275 | |
Pot of Jewels | 275 | 275 | |
Jingle Bell | 280 | 280 | |
Vampire | 280 | 280 | |
Toy Squirrel | 280 | 280 | |
Silver Elephant | 280 | 280 | |
Candy Cane | 285 | 285 | |
Witch | 285 | 285 | |
Toy Hare | 285 | 285 | |
Golden Elephant | 285 | 285 | |
Elf's Hat | 290 | 290 | |
Zombie | 290 | 290 | |
Toy Santa | 290 | 290 | |
Confetti Jar | 295 | 295 | |
Mummy | 295 | 295 | |
Toy Nutcracker | 295 | 295 | |
Wooden Calabash | 300 | 300 | |
Amber Flower | 300 | 300 | |
Stone Calabash | 305 | 305 | |
Amethyst Flower | 305 | 305 | |
Silver Calabash | 310 | 310 | |
Ruby Flower | 310 | 310 | |
Golden Calabash | 315 | 315 | |
Golden Flower | 315 | 315 | |
Fleece Mitten | 320 | 320 | |
Daisy | 320 | 320 | |
Yellow Corn | 320 | 320 | |
Wool Mitten | 325 | 325 | |
Moustache | 325 | 325 | |
Multi-colored Corn | 325 | 325 | |
Lace Mitten | 330 | 330 | |
Eyeglasses | 330 | 330 | |
Kea Parrot | 330 | 330 | |
Red Corn | 330 | 330 | |
Fur Mitten | 335 | 335 | |
Hat | 335 | 335 | |
Red-fan Parrot | 335 | 335 | |
Black Corn | 335 | 335 | |
Cherry Kokeshi | 340 | 340 | |
Embroidered Hand Fan | 340 | 340 | |
Macaw | 340 | 340 | |
Chrysanthemum Kokeshi | 345 | 345 | |
Lace Hand Fan | 345 | 345 | |
Cockatoo | 345 | 345 | |
Camellia Kokeshi | 350 | 350 | |
Silk Hand Fan | 350 | 350 | |
Plum Kokeshi | 355 | 355 | |
Golden Hand Fan | 355 | 355 | |
Wooden Bunny | 360 | 360 | |
Stone Bunny | 365 | 365 | |
Porcelain Bunny | 370 | 370 | |
Golden Bunny | 375 | 375 |
Related[]
- SS Home
- Friends
- Wishlists includes information about Requests
- The Graveyard/Gifting Prior to 2019
- The Graveyard/Wishlists Prior to 2019
- The Graveyard/Friends prior to 2019
- Combining Elements
- Special Items
- Collections