so, i mentioned a few days ago that i finally got the statue done but there were no master builders since it took so long to build all my master builders died. anyway, i have changed the game to easy from normal (i don't think that changed anything), changed the time to slow from fast, and i am pausing it everytime i turn off the game. i have one adept builder but he is 56 and not advancing in skill AT ALL!!! i need a master builder for puzzle 15! i keep putting him on the hut, that is all that i can do in the game now, and it is getting boring. it said at least 10 times that he has improved in construction but his bar is not moving! it is still a little more than 1/2! i don't know what to do! it will hours and hours of just putting him on the hut to get him to master, if it is even possible! do they stop gaining skill at a certain age? i am getting so frustrated. it really sucks because i don't want to be frustrated with this game! i really like these games!
please help! am i wasting my time? should i start with a new builder??

No, age shouldn't matter in terms of gaining skill. Even though your builder's bar doesn't move, he is still gaining building skill each time you see the message "improved in construction". If you want to stick with this tribe, then it sounds like you will have to keep putting him on the huts to fix them to become a master and a lot more often than 10 times.

I think once you select easy, normal, or hard from the options, you are stuck and cannot change it mid-game but I could be wrong.

I am also having major problems training a master builder after all the others have died and theres no more building projects. I have worked on this all of yesterday and today and my last adept bulder is 65. All the solutions thus far have not helped, (fixing huts and potions.) I hate to start a new game because I have almost finished the collections. Has anyone found a solution?

This thread is about master builders. It may have helpful tips if you give it a look.

Good Luck!

The thread didnt help. I need a master builder to clean and polish the pearl and ALL the building projects are complete. the last adept builder is about to die and the trainees are not gaining building skills from the potion or the fixing of huts. Please help.

Not positive, but I'm pretty sure if you do a potion that makes them excercise, they will gain building skill.

Sorry, to hear you're having so much trouble!

You don't need only MASTER builders to work on the statue, trainees or Adept builders will do.
I don't really have a solution for you, but you will surely gain more by adding one more tribe to your game.

By trail and error, I learned NOT to finish the last HUT TOO SOON.
Have enough young people to train as builders, 20 may be an overkill but it worked for me. 1/2 I trained by having them build the last HUT. The other 1/2 was trained for other jobs. Once they have enough building-skills, they will -- on their own -- go and work on the statue -- provided you started working on it!
Train the remaining 10 builders. Once they're all trained you'll have 20 builders switching back and forth between the HUT and the statue. I believe, 8-10 builders can work on the statue at any one time.

I think it took between 8-12 hours, normal setting double speed.

Having multiple games running helps correct mistakes made in previous game(s).

Best of luck

Wow, I hope everyone works out! I think the problem with the huts is after you have someone work on one it will say something like "This hut is still in good repair" so he wont fix it or gain any skill.

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If you are doing the statue and need builders fast, make the potion that makes runners for a while and set several peeps on a hut and keep them drinking the potion. They get skills faster while running around those huts. I think the potion is orchid, rose, and cactus.

Oh, i tested the potion that you said and it didn't work it came out as: "Oh, it burns"
The correct potion that makes villagers run is cactus, lotus, orchid