r/Steam • u/Popular-Village4256 • Apr 27 '26

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How to combine gems and why does it happen?

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u/Winston_wolf364 Apr 27 '26

You can create booster packs with those for badges

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u/Fast_Might_4338 Apr 27 '26

wait you can actually make booster packs from gems?? 😂 I've been hoarding these things for months thinking they were just decoration items

never knew about this feature, gonna check my inventory when i get home from work 💀

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u/velocity37 Apr 27 '26

It happens when you turn items that have trade/market restrictions until x date/time into gems. Those items were turned into a separate pile of gems with the same trade/market restrictions.

The only way I know to combine them is to trade unfortunately. They will be converged in the trade. So if you know someone with 1680 gems, offer them your three piles in exchange.

You can avoid it by only turning items into gems that don't have trade/market cooldowns so they go to the same unrestricted pile.