It’s best to use male builders, as females might be occupied raising babies and therefore aren’t busy building.īy acquiring research skills you gain tech points. The building skill is useful for building structures faster and will increase with dismantling totems, working on the statue and doing repairs. Make sure there’s at least one person collecting food. The farming skill can be improved by picking berries, harvesting crops from the farm and fishing. Farmingįarming obviously is food collection, the more farming skills the more effectively you can harvest food. The highest skill level will be shown at the bottom of the screen when you select a villager, and furthermore it will show you which level they are. For each skill there are three levels: Apprentice, Adept and Master. Of course the more experienced they are in a particular skill, the more efficient they become.
In Virtual Villagers 5 there are six different skills your villagers can master. If for example you want a villager to do some farming, set his/her preference to “Farming” (select a villager and click “Details” on the bottom right). Make sure to set preferences for your villagers. That way you’ll avoid major issues with your villagers. So it’s best to switch to “Normal” or “Slow”, or even “Pause” the game when necessary. But keep in mind when you leave the game, it continues. When actually playing the game, make sure it’s in “Fast mode”.You’ll notice faint white sparkles, which help make sure you spot them quickly. Collecting lots of mushrooms early on can mean the difference between life and death. When a baby is born, the mother can’t work until her baby is 2 years old.Villagers can reproduce between the ages of 18 to 50.Children between 14 and 18 can’t reproduce yet, but they can start working.So make sure to have at least one around. Only children (under 14) can pick stuff up and gather collectibles.1 hour in the game (Fast mode), is equal to a whole year in the lives of your villagers.It’s also important to keep the following in mind: Pick at least one male and female of 18yrs or olderĬhoose at least one child (8-10 years old) So below you’ll find a few do’s and don’ts: Do As you may have noticed some villagers are more useful than others.
Once all of the trees are mature, this puzzle will be considered complete.A crucial part of your success begins even before you start playing, namely when selecting the first 5 villagers. You can also put a villager on the lift and have the villagers create rain. Anytime it rains, have an adult villager get on the lift, they will knock down a fruit. Then villagers can work towards fixing the bath. Put the master builder near it so they start drawing plans. In the alchemy room, there is a chalkboard. You need level 2 in Reconstruction, a master builder, and the Alchemy Room puzzle complete. Put the builders on the lift so they start fixing it all at the same time. You need level 2 in Reconstruction on the tech screen and 3 adept builders. Put the leader on the fire and then the 3 adept farmers on as well. You need level 2 in Leadership on the tech screen and at least 3 adept farmers. On the right of the map near the bottom, there are a bunch of leaves on a stone. All of them must be carried back by an adept scientist or better to fix the room. There is a brown pot, a red striped pot, a yello striped pot, a morter, and a stick thing. Get an adept scientist and then put them next to the various pots and items around the village so they carry it back and fix the chamber. Then, next to the beehive are some burnt out torches, put a villager on the torches until they are “Trying an idea….” Then wait patiently until the bees are smoked out. Once they have put the items on the firepit, put a villager on the fire pit to start a fire. Then, you have a leader.īuild a fire by putting a villager on the pile of wood on the beach line and another villager on the pile of dry grass on the very far left of the map near the water fall. Put vilagers next to the robe in the amplitheater until the robe fits one of them.