Iam just starting out on the game and I need all the help I can get. How do I get the to farm their own food and how to get them to fish? any and all the help I can get will be a big help. I didn't play video games as a kid but now that I'm a grown up, I'm hooked.Only I need the kids to show me what to do. Is there a cheats book out for village sims yet?

Take a look at the tech screen and read the info for each Tech. You have to register to get any tech except for farming above level 1. Myself I am doing great until I forget to pasue the game when I go to sleep and wake up to find a dead village in the morning.

This forum is all the cheats book you will need. Ask any question and there are lots of people who are glad to help you out.

Have you used the tutorial that runs when you start a new game? It tells you how to get villagers to do a task (such are farming or fishing). If the villager is stubborn and doesn't want to do it, just keep putting them back there. Once they gain a little bit of skill (you can check this in the details screen) they will start to do the task on their own.

Also, remember that some tasks (such as farming and fishing) are only available after you get tech upgrades. Takes a little patience, but that is what makes this a fun game!

At first farming isn't something the villagers have figured out how to do so they have to subsist on berries from the berry bush. After they've got some tech-skill in farming (gained through spending time at the research table, and highly motivated by the tremendously high diet of fiber from living on just berries - can you EVEN imagine?!?) they'll figure out that they can actually work the land and get crops to grow.

I hope I haven't said too much.

How do you get them to move the rock please?

That's one of the puzzles.

Ugh, that confounded rock has driven me nuts since I got this thing lol. One minute they're so worried about food they won't do anything for me and the next they're all up there pushing that rock like it's sitting on a hostess twinkie goldmine. Silly little villagers!

Next version should include a "build a fence to keep curious villagers away" feature lolol. O'course, with my luck the builder would build himself into a corral alongside a rabid monkey or something HAHAHA.

Ok, I have cleaned my beach, forged for food and I've almost picked all the berries. I have tried to keep some one at the research table.How do I gain tech points faster so that they can farm?

My suggestion is to keep as many people researching as you can spare in the beginning. You can have your builder research for awhile until you need more housing! Tech points are slow to accumulate in the beginning, but get faster as you develop master researchers!

One of my villagers just died. How do I persuade someone to bury him? His body is just lying there, decomposing.

Have you tried dragging another villager around the screen to see what he sees? Don't drag a villager to him, he will try to heal the dead person.

Take a construction guy into the graveyard (top right) and leave them there. They will then bury the dead for you and toombstones will appear in the graveyard. Then when you take people into the graveyard they will homour the dead (whatever that does).

you can't actually bury him until you have the correct level of spirituality. What level are you at?

Level 2 . . .

you should be fine then! Drag a villager around the island and "discover" where you need to bury them.

Cool . . thanx . .now we'll see if i can keep 'em feed long enough to 'grow' the tribe past 15 people.

How many times does a villager have to eat to improve his weakened health to healthy?

The first tech i bought was harvesting what should I get next building or spirituality? I have a decomposing body that can not be buried.

A villager's health is related mostly to food supply, illness, the type of job they are performing, and medical technology. Eating doesn't directly improve a villager's health.

The path you take purchasing various Village Techs depends largely upon the strategy you're using to play the game, and how your particular game is going. There are distinct advantages to each level of village tech, and choosing which one to pursue at any given point is part of the fun. If you go to the Village Tech screen and select one of the tech areas, you can tap on the Info button and see what that particular technology will do for your village. Decomposing bodies are not necessarily a problem for your island, and they will "go away" without being buried. If the deceased villager is too creepy, you should probably work on a tech that would allow your villagers to learn how to bury people.

Is there a fast way to gain tech points? I finally got the 2nd level harvesting points and I have 1344 more but only level 1 for everything else. Also what are the puzzels? I don't see anything that actually shows what I have to do. Somehow I managed to solve 2 of 12. Oh I feel like such a geek. lol

Your villagers will begin to produce tech points faster as they gain skill at research. Master scientists produce more tech points than less skilled scientists. Also, as your population grows, you should be able to put more of your villagers at the research table, especially after you have discovered fishing.

Clues to the puzzles (except for puzzle 12) can be found by dragging one of your adult villagers around the island and by watching what they're curious about. I suggest dragging a villager around the village after every tech purchase, to see what new thing(s) they can work on.

Is there an order I need to make my purchases? I am at level 2 in harvesting and spirituality, what do I need to buy next ir does it matter?

Depends on what you want to do next. I like to get Medicine up quickly, because the villagers will live longer, and master workers are more industrious.

I have just researched building level2 and had already build one building but now my builder just does nothing. any idea?

You probably don't have enough villagers to trigger the construction of another hut, and they probably need more research to learn how to build other things. They don't build things they don't need (or know how to build). It's usually a good idea to drag one of your adult villagers around the village after each tech purchase to see if there's anything new to work on.

I think I have a problem. I am 48 realtime hours in and I have 6 survivors. Only 1 is female and she is almost 60. Am I going to run out of breeding options or does a lovely young women wash up on shore?

Villagers can make babies as long as they live! It's possible that your lone female will live long enough to nurse a child to toddlerhood.

There are a few Island Events that could help you, even if she doesn't make it.

Well, the last female just died. I have 4 males, ages 32, 27, 5, and 2. Waiting for an "Event" :[

Bummer.....

I'm also a beginner. most of my techs are at level 1 except for building and spirituality which is at level 2. it's a great game but still having a bit of trouble understanding what they're doing or trying to do. What's with the trying to carve teh mystical rock? how do i get the vills to do that? and them being curious of the creek, ruins and the field? thanks in advance!

Scott, all those little puzzles you'll resolve as you gain tech and explore. I'd suggest harvesting first, though. Youre going to run out of food soon.

For isntance, once you have building 2, check out the creek again.

How old do the little ones have to be before they do anything? I can't get the little darlings to do anything but play all day. Also I have level 2 building, do I need to do something special to get new buildings?

14 for working. Child labor is the standard for deserted islands. However, they wont breed until 18.

They never watched "The Blue Lagoon", I guess.

Some new building projects are puzzles and require certain levels of Village Tech and/or completion of other puzzles. The construction of new huts is triggered by population increases. Builders will initiate them automatically if their preferred skill is set to construction.

This is a great game, but I seem to be stuck now. I have everything at level 3 and 60 villagers. I had a golden child, but then my palm froze and I had to restart. Since then I have not been able to get another golden child. What am I missing? Can anyone help me?

Sometimes that special person just takes awhile to show up. Patience is best at this point. If you need detailed help, check out the first topic "Help with the puzzles" and it tells you how to get all the help you need!

Well, I have the 4 male survivors who are getting older, but are healthy and "adept" at the least. I have level 2 on all areas AND I now have a lovely lagoon, butterflies and blooms Maybe that will attract some shipwrecked female....or perhaps she is behind that boulder.

well, you just never know!! Although I wouldn't want to see the female that was hiding behind the boulder..... *shudder*
There are island events that may help! Good luck!

I am now 120 hours into it. I have 2 elderly bachelors left on my island (healthy but old) Level 3 medicine - all others are level 2. 5 puzzles solved.
Question 1: Are the puzzles best solved in the order they appear in the grid? Does one lead to another?
Question 2: Will I maybe get to the end of the game without finishing? If my 2 old geezers die, might my game be over?
I am hoping the get to level 3 spirituality before they expire. :\

The answer to your first question is "yes" and "no." Some puzzles are dependent upon the completion of others, some are dependent only on factors such as population, research levels, and/or villager skills. The puzzles need not be completed in order.

The only way to get to the "end" of the game is to have all of your villagers die, at which point the game is over whether or not you've completed all of the puzzles. All of LDW's games are designed to be open-ended, so you can play any given game as long as you like! The Island Events will continue to happen, which can change the way things are going for your villagers. Once you get tired of your current game, you can do like most people do and play the game again on different settings and/or try different strategies.

Is there something I need to do to the rock in the middle of the town ? I have cleared off the beach, and the stream is now cleaned up, what do I need to do next? I notice they keep going to the boulder but I can't get anything to happen . Also the ruins what do I do there?

Those are all puzzles that require certain levels of research and/or the completion of other puzzles. The best thing to do next it to keep your villagers fed and healthy, research new Village Techs, and grow your population as food supply and housing increase.

After every purchase of a new Village Tech, take one of your adult villagers "exploring" around the village to see what new things there might be to play with!

How can I find out how much beach I have left to clear? I cleaned it up on my last game, but when I lost everything,my memory went too.

The beach doesn't have a percentage cleared... your best indicator is the boards. When they
have cleared the debris, your villagers are almost done- they tend to keep cleaning a short time after the last board is gone.

I am finding that not letting my villagers bury the dead is working out just fine. I have managed to train a few of my villagers as adept doctors by dragging them onto the decomposing body. They try to heal them, and in the process gain healing experience. Although I havn't managed to raise my villagers from the dead yet, I'm working on it.

It's not a problem leaving the bodies where they are... but most people find them creepy and have the villagers bury them!

Getting the higher levels of medicine keeps your villagers healthier and helps them live longer, so effect on the early puzzles is indirect in that you'll have healthier villagers working on them.

whats the golden child?

The golden child is a "special person" that comes along once during your game- Generally towards the end!! You'll know you have this person by a Green screen announcement- and you will see that they have special gifts!

lol!! that's funny!
Your villager may be running, but it could be for different reasons! If you don't have enough food or housing, that could be the problem. The other is that they just "don't get along!" Keep trying... he'll give in eventually!

Yes....just like in real life. They ALL give in eventually.

If you send tigger4will a PM she can help you with the puzzles

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my bush bush just ran out and i need a differnt food source.

You need to get your villagers to do some research so that you can purchase level 2 of harvesting. Then they will be able to grow crops on the farm.

Ya when i first started playing i had to start over and over but then i figured out a strategy to purchase level 2 harvesting and then beat the game

Is the level 2&3 science level worth all of the tech points? Or is there somthing better to spend them on?

Those are necessary for puzzle solving. They also help you to get research points faster.

I have all of the levels except the last one in medicine...I seem to be at a stand still, I have dragged one of the adults around and it says about the rock blocking something and it says about the mystical stone...but they don't do anything about it! Any suggestions?

Have you tried dropping one of your villagers on the mystical stone?

yes, and it just says "addiotional research may be necessary" and "confused" then they walk away!

Then you haven't completed puzzle 8! Why don't you take one of your villagers exploring some more. With your current research levels, you should be able to complete every puzzle in the game, provided the prerequisite puzzles have been completed.

What do I need to do to solve the last puzzle? I've left the game running for several days on fast mode, and have 48 villagers, 998824 food points and 44603 tech points and am on level 3 in all tech areas. Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

There are a number of ways to get detailed help, including a Strategy and Puzzle Guide. The various help options are contained in this post.

on my village how do you start over everbody died and if i start a new game and turn my palm off then back on it starts back up at the old game. any help?

The reason you're seeing your old game is that you're not saving the new game after you start over. As with most Palm applications, Village Sim is not saved until you exit the game (to the launcher or to another application). If you're running v1.1, you'll see the 'Saving Game' dialog when you exit. Then, when you next launch Village Sim, it will load your new game.

i have researched harvesting to level two but the won't farm. I am completely out of food (no more berries) And I have a master farmer that just keeps watering but no crops grow. At this point I have everyone chipping in but still no luck. any suggestions?

The crops take some time to appear after you get Level 2 of Harvesting, and they are cyclical after that. The only thing you can do is wait until the crops come in. If you have more than a dozen or so villagers, there won't be enough food on the farm to feed all of them, and the crops will be quickly depleted. It's a good idea to work toward Level 3 of Harvesting (fishing) as quickly as you can, so that food won't be an issue and you can grow your tribe and work on the puzzles.

I've been waiting but I only have 6 villagers. I guess I'll keep waiting. Any suggestion as to what speed I should be on?

It depends upon how often you want to check on your villagers. The faster the game speed, the more quickly the food will be eaten, so I would not increase the game speed until your crops come in.

I just start the game, do I need to feed the villagers? And how do I make my villagers to study medicine. How long do I need to let the villagers do researching? Thank you for answer my questions.

One more question, how do I make my villagers catch crabs and fishing?

Most of the tasks and occupations that your villagers can learn and work on can be discovered by dragging them around the village and looking for messages that describe particular places. For example, dragging a villager over the research table or berry bush will reveal that they can work there. You can discover a place to learn medicine that way, although even an untrained villager can heal a sick villager.

You don't need to feed your villagers, since they will eat on their own, but you can encourage them to eat by taking them to the little table at the food bin.

Some things require research before they can be learned, so you need to assign some villagers to work at the research table. Farming and fishing require more advanced technology than your villagers have at the start of the game. Village Technology is purchased with research points gained by your scientists. There are a total of 12 levels of technology that have to be purchased, so research is an important function in the game. Many puzzles require more advanced technology to complete. You can go to the Village Tech screen and highlight the various technologies, then tap the "Info" button to learn more about each of them.

How do you make villagers to be a master of some kind. How do you move the rock on the northwest of the village

Villagers become masters at an occupation by working at it. The longer a villager works at, for instance, researching, the more skill they gain and the closer they get to becoming a master.

The sparkly rock is a puzzle and requires the completion of Puzzle 8 and attaining certain village technology. Once you have the right conditions, dragging a villager there will reveal what your villager can do.