Virtual Villagers??

Question

Ok. I've got the lagoon cleared out and flowing nicely, and they're using lagoon water to "water the strange patch" but I can't get anything to grow there! How long does it take?!?!

Billy M: You're awesome. That did it. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

It takes quite awhile for the that patch to blossom. You can accelerate it by assigning several villagers to it. But it's not a survival-related task, so don't put too much effort into it.

You can also speed up the action by setting the game to run at double-speed. From the village screen, select MENU|Options|2xSpeed. While your villagers are getting established, you'll want to check in a couple times a day at 2x speed. Once you've gotten to 20+ villagers and they've learned to fish, you can leave them for several days without worry. Just be sure to have at least two doctors if you're going to be away for more than a day. Otherwise you run the risk of your one doctor becoming ill. Without a second doctor to heal him, he dies, and then everyone else dies!

If you're going to be away from the computer for more than a day or two, you can also set the game to 1/2-Speed, or even pause it. Otherwise, you run the risk that something might happen to wipe out your village while you're away. At 30+ villagers, I've left them for a week at a time without any major calamities.

Answer 2

Puzzle #1 - Get a builder to clean the well. This is the village water supply. Get a villager with building skill,
drag them to the well and let them fix it.

Puzzle #2 - Build a new hut. Population is maxed out at 7 until you build a new hut.
A villager trained in building is required to build new huts.

Puzzle #3 - Clean up the beach debris. You need to clean up the debris so the villagers can fish.
Drag a villager to the debris and it will start cleaning.

Puzzle #4 - Starting a village school. You need a master scientist.
Drag them to the long building north of the reasearch table to start a school.

Puzzle #5 - Remove the blockage of the creek in the northwest corner of the village.
Villagers need level 2 in construction to work on this. Drag a villager to the rock pile blocking the water flow from the creek. When the blockage is cleared, water will flow to the lagoon. This puzzle is the key to solving three more puzzles.

Puzzle #6 - You need to complete puzzle #5 first and have a villager with level 3 harvesting.
Take a master farmer to the lagoon and they will start hunting fish. This may take awhile.

Puzzle #7 - Discover the graveyard (requires Level 2 of Spirituality).
When a villagers dies, drag an adult villager to the northeast corner of the island. The villagers will provide a proper burial the pile of bones in village center. After this first burial, villagers will automatically have burial ceremonies for any deceased villager.

Puzzle #8 - Discover the medicinal properties of 4 plants.
One plant is the cactus near the boulder, one plant is near the lagoon, two are on the east side of the island.
Drag a villager to each plant until all four are mastered.

Puzzle #9 - You need to complete puzzle #5 first.
Drag a villager to the field on the east side of the island (where the dead flowers are).
They will water the field with water from the lagoon.
Make sure to use a villager with building skill so that the watering continues until the flowers bloom.

Puzzle #10 - Solve puzzle #14 first. Wait for the butterflies to follow the golden child,
then drag the golden child to the strange plant north of the berry bush where the butterflies will pollinate the plant.

Puzzle #11 - Restore the temple at the ruins (requires Level 3 of Construction).
Drag a villager to the ruins in the southeast of the island and they will begin restoring the ruins.

Puzzle #12 - Requires puzzle #11 complete and Level 3 Spirituality.
Drag a builder to the shiny rock on the west side of the village and they will chisel the rock to create an idol.

Puzzle #13 - the birth of the golden child (requires Level 3 of Fertility) .
This requires puzzle #5, puzzle #12. Drag a nursing mom to the lagoon.

Puzzle #14 - Requires puzzle #13. Drag the golden child to the magic flower garden and wait for the butterflies.

Puzzle #15 - Buried treasure (requires Level 3 of Construction and Level 3 of Science).
Search the sandy areas on the south part of the island between the food bin and the temple.

Puzzle #16 - Moving the boulder (requires the golden child).
This one just happens on its own when the golden child is ready, you can't force it.

Answer 3

I have already gotten the garden. It isn't such a big deal nothing really happens. Just flowers. I got an adept builder to continue the task and the flowers came alive in 48 hours. Just make sure that when you leave, they are continueing the task. Also, make sure it is a builder. Good luck!

Answer 4

like the other guy said exept u can do this close it and goto the lower right hand side of ur screen for the time thing double click move it up 4 hours :) then u will have advanced 4 hours can do with any ammount of time dont do 40 years -.-"

Answer 5

the game takes forever to do anything i advise u get some ice cream and watch a good movie while virtual villagers is on