I had a boy working on building since he turned 14. He is adept, and almost master but his skill is not moving anymore. It has not moved in over 3 hours (I am mesuring it with a ruler) does anyone else have this problem or is there some reason why the leaves cannot get a pre 18 to master, he is 16 now

It just takes a while to go the last two steps from adept to master. I got mine from a farmer. I started her right off the bat as a farmer and she reached master at age 17. Just hang in there.

ok thanks! i will be patient. Im also playing on slow because Im a control freak and like to micromanage everything. and I pause it at night

You can see an explanation of how a villager progresses to master in this post.

ah thanks! never saw that post that explains a ton, cause i play on slow and i see the advances and i keep checking and it is not moving, i will check back in a few more hours on him. thansk a bunch

Just an update that george is now a 16 year old master builder! thanks for the help

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how i did it was i kept putting him on the leaves and picking him up to reduce the transport time. I didnt get any leave clearing done but his skill went up. now hes clearing leaves happily

I was lucky to get Maya, who likes learning