On VV2 once you have finished all 16 puzzles. If allot of your people are masters inscience and farming how can they become masters in building if there are no more buildingd to make. They hould have improved that. You should have been able to build more homes when everytime you hit a milestone. Like if when you get 50 people you build a house when you get to 90 build a biger house. So how can they get to be master builders after they get over 50 people or after all buildings are built.

You can still have master builders because the houses and buildings need to be maintained.

I have tried that but they dont seem to make any headway. Have you gotten the 16 and had to get someone to be master builder. Because what I am trying to do is turn them into an elder but Once all buidings are buit it is hard to make a master after that.

I haven't figured out an efficient way either. I'm sure that fixing the huts will work, if the villager has enough time before he dies. Of course you'd also want to make him the only builder to maximize the work available to him.

Okay - everyone please cross your fingers - I am soooo close to having an elder and she just needs a teeny bit more skill as a builder to be Master. But she's 70 . . . Everyone say a little prayer for Zea!!

ARRRGGHH - she must be getting senile because while I was gone to post she ran back to do research! Come on Zea!!!!!!! You can do it.

SHE MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!! I love Zea!! Now she can go enjoy the pond, cool her feet in the stream or relax on the beach. She has so little time left.

I've got this idea of improving builders from Bajantara today. I haven't had the opportunity to try it yet, but you're welcome to it anyway. I hope you don't mind, Bajantara, if you read this. I dedicated it to you anyway. Highlight the empty spot down here by clicking the left mouse button and drag the mouse down over the spot and the text will be seen. I did this so that those who don't want spoilers will be warned and have the opportunity to avoid it.

Apparantly some stews are good for builders and those kids who will be builders in the future as well (they gain skills). Here are the instructions from Bajantara:
"The 2 "exercising" stews:
orange + red + red
or
red + red + red

When the villager finishes exercising and is successful, their building skill increases. A little odd.. we figure they must be "building" muscles, abs or stamina.. lol"

melian - Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that particular method worked to increase any of the skills. Now if only it worked for Healing and/or Parenting...

Thank you!! Great to know for the future!!

I had finished my first game fairly quickly so i was done all the puzzles and there was nothing left to build, but i still got masters in building on maintaining the huts and hospital etc, just a little hint, it goes faster when your not sitting there watching, if you pause then take the villagers and place them where their supposed to be (works for all feilds of work) and then unpause and then exit the game, dont minimize, sont leave it open ,, acually exit the game, and come back to it an hour or so later (depends on the spead you have it running on) they will have gained some skill. but you acually have to place them where they need to be, if you leave them *enjoying the pond* thats what they will do while your away, its not somthing i can say its a trick or any kind of cheat, but its somthing that i have found works for me. and I got about 20 master builders doing that after i had finished all the puzzles and all my collections, and all techs.

Yes, after having built all buildings and completed all 16 puzzles I have turned a villager with no building skill into a Master Builder, and in a reasonable enough time for them to become an Elder as well.