Hey fellow VV fans, I know you're all enjoying VV3 as much as I am, but this section is getting very difficult to keep up with due to all the multiple posts on the same subject.

I would really like to suggest you take the following steps before posting a request for help in here:

1) READ THE GUIDES SECTION. Many of our answers are now available in there, including a complete list of potions and a thorough list of hints for your puzzles. There's even a detailed solve list for the puzzles available there!

2) IF, AFTER READING THE GUIDES, YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION, TRY SEARCHING TO SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY ASKED/SOLVED YOUR QUESTION HERE. There are a couple of ways to do this. You can of course just scan this section for similar topics, but it might be easier to do a true search using the forums search function. You can click on the word search at the top right of your page and type in a word EXAMPLE: CHIEF and it will give you a list of posts on that topic. It is very likely that you will find your answer that way.


Not only will following these steps make it easier on the moderators to keep up with the forum, it will also make it easier for you and I to enjoy it.

Thank you for helping keep the forums fun and enjoyable for everyone!

Good Luck with your game!

(Thank you Rockmower.)
I'd like to add a request regarding new Post Titles for Puzzle Questions.

Well, VV fans, we know that you've got questions and we've got answers! But there are some among us who would prefer to not have spoiler info right in the topic list titles.

To keep the Topic Titles free from giving away too much, I recommend the following:

1) If AFTER your search you realize that you need to create a new post, please to be sure to add a [SPOILER] tag if the post has or is asking for details regarding solving a puzzle.

2) EQUALLY IMPORTANT: Instead of including information about the puzzle in your title, please use the puzzle's number.

Puzzle numbers run from left to right, starting at the top, and are from 1 to 16, as follows:

[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
[ 9] [10] [11] [12]
[13] [14] [15] [16]

3) There may be times that you need to add a detail to your title to separate your topic from another. If that happens, please do not use your title to ask if the puzzle is specifically this or that. And if you are asking for information regarding part of a puzzles solution, please do not put the details of your solution in your title.

These recommendations will make it easier for others to help you, or to find the help in your post. AND, In addition it will keep spoilers to a minimum for those among us who do not want to run into spoilers.

Thank you very much! Enjoy your games!

I went to the guide section and it was blank. The name of the game was listed but no guide to the VV3. I could see the guides for the other 2 versions on VV. but nothing showed up on 3. What am I doing wrong?

The Guides are on the forums. I've updated Rockmower's post to include the link, or you can click Forum List and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Thank you very much

Another suggestion to help everyone find what they are looking for in the forum:

Please, if you can't find anything about your question, use a descriptive title in your new post. By that I mean, for example, "Chief won't direct statue repair" and NOT something like "Help!!!".

That is just an example, by the way; there are lots of threads about the chief and the statue going already, so, as Rockmower says, search the forum before asking!

But I would, again, caution against using any title that is so descriptive that it contains game-ruining spoilers. Many people really do want to solve the game on their own.

I'd also say this:

IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH TIME: i.e. nusring forever, things not growing, weird ages, see thie thread. Although it is in the VV2 forum, it applies to all games.

I put HELP!!! at the end of my post because I has been through the guides & various forums & sitting for several hours chasing villagers & needed HELP. Sometimes its wonderful even to know someone else has the same difficulty as you begin to think is it me am I stupid? I love the vv games as I have posted on other forums this is the first forum I have posted on ever, but there are times when those of us who are not "gamers" get frustrated & stuck THANKYOU to the various people in the forums whe help us "divvys" as we say in scotland idiots in the rest of the world.

Good advice! I took it, and found the answer to my question (chief pointing out collectibles) all by myself. Thanks!
I hope this is the proper thread for listing helpful hints I have discovered along the way - if not, please forgive me as I am already courting divorce just running my village and don't have time to read the forum in entirety.
Anyway, my two cents worth:

Kids gather herbs - fast! Not such useless little buggers after all, I keep mine quite busy.

When making babies, there is no need to waste time "going indoors". Just have them kiss until your population meter changes, then rip them apart like an enraged parent and put the young stud back to work. Fun!

I use kids to troll for collectibles by picking one up and 'flying' him around until I find something. This saves a mad hunt for a kid when you find a goodie. Fly gently though, it can make you carsick if you go too fast.

Question: Someone was talking about a clothing hut and kids not liking the change of clothes. WHAT? I have no clothing hut! I'm playing with version 1.00.04 and I bought it direct from LDW. No one is interested in any of the huts, except an occasional repair here and there. Was somebody in the forums drinking the boogajingamaloopa potion, or have I seriously missed something?
Also, I got all puzzles done with only level 2 of alchemy - my lab is still messy - so apparently you DON'T have to buy that until later.

Other than that, I'm proud to say that within a week, I have completed all puzzles and got most of the awards and collectibles. Still need 2 corals, 1 turtle shell and 1 puzzle piece, and level 3 for alchemy, science and nature faction. Still trying to have triplets and get someone to live to 90, then its just about the tech points.

We love this game! However, I am still trying, after a year, to get the last collectible (magenta stone) from VV2! I check in for an hour or so every month to no avail. PLEASE tell me you won't make me spend the next year of my life looking for one lousy turtle shell in VV3...