Finally I succeed!! I have a esteemed elder.
But no totem now.

I'm having some difficulty getting my 3 remaining villagers(all of which are female) to the master builder level. I've built one hut and repaired the other one and am working on the sewing hut which is around 91-92% complete. All 3 females are adept builders, the eldest is close to becoming a master builder but I don't think she or the other two will make it before the hut is complete. And I need 3 master builders to open the crate on the beach.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that my eldest villager is in her early 50's while the other two are, I believe, in their 30's.

If it doesn't happen yet, then get those near-masters to breed, and follow through on the next generation. There are still more building projects, and the further generations will pick up a lot faster. Unfortunately, the projects get staggered while you're catching up on tech points, so hopefully your timing will work out alright.

For me that is impossible since my 3 villagers are all female, so it seems as I'm "up the creek without a paddle" as the old saying goes. And I was looking forward to seeing what the Gong of Wonder does.

Actually, it should work for you to some degree -- the kids should still get some building skill from their moms, even if they don't get much from dad.

or you could set there and watch them for a few hours and drag them onto your hut, so they will repair it for a bit of building experience.

wouldn't it help if you made an esteemed elder and then had then breed alot so that their children would be more likly to inherite their skills??

Quick question:

Has the requirements for a Master gone up? I've noticed as of today, my scientists seem to be staying at adept for a LOT longer, the bar is almost at the end before they are Masters.

It seemed that they had less of the bar to fill to become Master than they do now...

Has anything changed?



All my scientists are like this and still adept ... it seemed to me in the past they would have been masters before.

is any one having this problem, i have an elder who did not get a totem. i have look every where for her totem. To include moving the current totems to make sure that it is not hidden. another weird thing was my villagers cleared the mosaic and i was moving the totems over and i solved the puzzle only thing is when my villager picked up the gong piece half way to the encasement they lost it. i had to restart the game and redo the puzzle to get the piece again. if it makes a difference it was an elder that pick up the piece.

I finally got the 3 master builders I needed to open the crate on my latest attempt. I"m now working on getting 150,000 tech pts so I can buy lv3 Culture and get the final piece of the gong.