Sprite and Sprite Prefab Batching: How and What?

I've tried following all the tutorials I can be try to get excited by.

Read the docs. Followed their suggestions.

But nothing seem to group things into batches.

I end up with a few hundred batches, for relatively simple objects spread around a 2D scene.

An object with 5 layers, all from a sprite sheet, 5 batches.

Add a duplicate of it, 5 more batches.

End up with 100's of them.

Where/what/how to reduce this... or do I simply not worry about this?

 

Can I add a bounty to this question?

Scotch?

Wine?

Bucket of KFC?

 

Have you tried frame debugger. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/FrameDebugger.html

It usually tells reason why drawcalls can't be combined.

 

Is it any good with sprites?

These are all sprites, and only three types of materials.

Particles Additive
Particles Multiply
Mobile Particles Additive

 

I whould say, if the game is running ok then