Hi. I'm having a problem amongst my Nature Tribe, Lotus Li Moon. I have the maximum population that you can have with only one hut fixed (17 people), and I'm trying to fix up the other hut so I can have more people. My tribe is doing well all in all, but the builders are having a tough time actually staying focussed on the hut.

I have four people working on the hut: Three of them being Master Builders and one being a Master Scientist whom I'm training to be a Master builder as well, I also have my chief directing them. They work fine when I'm watching them, although I occasionally have to put them back to work when they try to clear the rubble, but as soon as I leave, they get maybe one to two percent done on the hut, then they all transfer to the rubble. By the time I get back, they have one percent more of the rubble cleared, but no one is at the hut. At this time, they all go running back to the hut where my chief is directing thin air to work.

I'm wondering if there's a way to stop them from shifting their attention to the rubble, because I don't think I can babysit them all day.

When you give your builders more than one project to work on, they will divide their time between the projects, since they are both valid tasks for them to work on. The only way to keep the builders focused on a single project is to start only one at a time.

You should either seperate your group, half the people on the rubble and the other the hut. Or, maybe you should work on one at a time.

Thanks you two, I understand now. It hapenned earlier to. I would have them research(to get the unlimited food source before starvation became an issue) and they would go to the bath, and from there to the rubble.

But I think I'll let them work on both now. ^-^ Thanks again.

There's a trick to train builders without actually starting a building project that someone taught me recently.

The leaves, (and I presume the rubble,) give you skill the moment they succeed in carrying a leaf away. However, it only advances the task when they carry the leaf away and drop it. If you keep interrupting the task to have them carry leaves again, they will NOT advance the task to 1%, and therefore they will not automatically undertake the task, yet they'll still gain skill.

This can help train builders, without having them automatically complete the task that you're using to train builders with.

Clearing the rubble does work the same way; once the villager picks up a rock he/she gains skill, but if you drag the villager away no progress is made with the task.

how do i train new villagers to become builders when everything has been built? I need some for the statue?

The best way is to keep dropping them on the huts to repair them. The problem is that, unlike VV1 and VV2, villagers won't do that themselves so you have to keep intercepting them when they wander off and re-drop them. The other way is even more convoluted. You can feed them an exercise potion. If they succeed, they'll gain a little building skill.

As mentioned above, though, the very best way is to avoid the problem by keeping back a building project on which to train the builders. Possibly too late now, though ...

This thread isn't marked with a spoiler tag so I can't mention too many details, but have you gotten all of the tech yet kjc51?

Shidero has a point - without posting spoilers, I can say that more construction projects become available as you gain restoration tech.

However, since you need a master for the statue, I'd assumed you were already at that point.

Without including too much spoiler info -- there is one building project that requires L3 Restoration as well as L3 in another tech... if you haven't finished that project yet, it would help train builders.

Thanks for the help. I went ahead and dropped them repeatedly on the hut and they became trained and went to the statue. I have now completed all but there puzzles. just need to find some extra pieces and shells and one coral. How about the chief? He has never pointed to any rare items for my villagers. What do I need to do? by the way this game was great!!! I have now played all three and can't wait to start the next new game.

I can't wait for the next one either kjc51!

By dropping him at the top of the cliff, in front of the green door, you'll order him to look for collectibles. He'll look around and point, but the point is kinda useless - the collectible can appear anywhere, regardless of where he points. In any case, a rare collectible will appear somewhere.

Here's a warning ahead of time - do NOT pause to look for this collectible. It can take a few moments, even a minute or so to appear. If you pause before it appears, you may lose it completely.