sorry newbie.... but until you get farming 2 berries and mushrooms are all your little ppl get.... better get that kid scavenging for shrooms and pray to the VV gods that you get a darn good timely Event

I had to learn my food lessons the hard way. At the time, I did not know about pausing it, but thanks to these forums and all of you kind folk, I quickly learned the ropes. (I don't really use words like "folk", just making fun of me being in KY!)

Another thing you may want to do is go to Menu, then Options and change the speed of the game. Personally I run mine at 1/2 speed. There are pros and cons to that. First, your moms will have to nurse babies for more minutes, but on the other hand your villagers will age a lot more slowly and give you a chance to get tech points. I would recommend that you put everybody on the research table until you have enough points to get level 2 of Farming, and have your kid or kids pick mushrooms whenever possible to keep a little food available for your villagers. Hope that helps!

If the game is on 1/2 speed, don't you get tech points slower as well?

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Clueless

It depends. If the game is off, they will produce fewer research points at 1/2 speed. However, if the game is running, the villagers will work at whatever rate their movements allow, which could produce more tech points than a similar period of time with the game off.

Very good to know, thanks!

With regards to food - are tech points gained for doing activities like watering the field or the patch? I tried to keep an eye on my points to check but its hard to tell.

Question to the powers-that-KNOW, once you have level 3 farming do you need to keep foraging, etc. to have a well-rounded diet Just want know how much time/what percentage of manpower I need to devote to it. I mean once your food is in the 1000's !?!?!

Tech points are separate from villager skills. Tech points are gained only by working at the research table (and villagers will gain skill as Scientists in the process). Villagers will gain farming skill by watering crops, planting crops, harvesting crops, fishing, and foraging, although only the last 3 will actually produce food.

I don't think so. but they gain exp points