Virtual Villagers 4 - The Tree of Life - PC
Virtual Villagers 4 tips and puzzles' solution:
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use the the keyboard for changing screens:
M = map
D = details
C = collections
P = puzzles
T = technology
Space = pause
esc = main menu
Change the settings under 'OPTIONS' on the main menu to 'FAST' and 'FULL SCREEN'.
If you want time to go faster, quit the game and increase the time on your computer
by 2 hours. Start the game again and 2 years have gone by. Don't jump more than 2
hours into the future at a time as your villagers may run out of food and starve.
You can then buy technology or get a new project underway and jump 2 years into the
future again and again and.... If you adjust the time on your computer past midnight
be sure to increase the date by 1 as well. Otherwise you will accidentally jump into
the past, which often has grave side effects for the villagers. You can push the
space bar to pause the game before you reset the computer's time back to the correct
time and that will save your villagers.
Click on a project to see what percent completed it is.
Puzzles are not solved in order.
Don't finish building the huts at the beginning of the game.
When you want a baby don't let them walk back to the hut. Keep an eye on the population
count and keep trying until you see the population size increase.
Always use a child to heal anyone who is sick. That is the only skill a child can be
taught and when they reach 14 years old they will heal the sick on their own even if
you are not around.
Keep an eye out for mushrooms, especially at the beginning of the game. Only children
can pick up the mushrooms and they may desperately be needed for food in the future.
Pause the game if you will not be playing again for a long time.
To get to a different part of the map quickly, push the number keys. You can also pick
up a villager then press a number key to transport the villager to another part of the
map.
1 = bottom left, 2 = bottom middle, 3 = bottom right
4 = middle left, 5 = middle middle, 6 = middle right
7 = top left, 8 = top middle, 9 = top right
You can change the villagers' names under details.
When you hear the bells look for mushrooms or collectibles. I don't always find something
at that time.
To quickly find a child, click the right arrow next to the detail circle when no villager
is selected.
Drag both huts close to the wood pile before starting construction.
Drop a villager on the wood pile and one on the dry grass near the stairs. When they
are done drop a villager on the fire pit to start the fire.
Don't put villagers on the blackberry bush for food. Instead drop them on the cutting
tools in the lab (see Puzzle #1 below). This way they will get 30 points for food instead
of just 5 points.
Keep a careful watch for mushrooms and collectibles especially at the beginning of the
game. If you collect more than one of the same item then the child earns tech points.
Herbs: White herb near bridge, yellow above the lab, and orange near the top left of
the map.
After boiling water (see Puzzle #3 below) drop villager on the table after three herbs
have been collected. Then drop any villager, even children and nursing mothers, on the
food bin to add food to the pot.
Click on the mausoleum floor to go inside. Click on villager's picture for info on
that villager.
Low tide is every 2 hours.
Drop a child on another child and they will have some type of contest.
After earthen oven is complete, make the stew and drop villager on the fruit tree.
Strategies: The Tree of Life
At the beginning of the game be sure to select one young female child, two males and
two females 14 years old or slightly older.
Make one villager a farmer and the rest researchers.
Start the fire and make cutting tools (See Puzzle #1 below).
As soon as you have 5000 points buy level 2 construction and start on the earthen
oven (See Puzzle #6 below).
You will need to build the Love Shack before you can have children.
Puzzle #1: The Cutting Tool
Requirements: Start fire. (see TIPS above)
Action: Drop one or two villagers on the big fish bones on the beach. Each villager
will make three cutting tools and put them in the lab. You need to do this each
time you run out of cutting tools.
Description: "Your villagers have discovered a method for the manufacture of cutting
tools."
Puzzle #2: The Stream
Requirements: Adept or Master Builder
Action: Start villager cleaning debris near upper waterfall to make the river flow.
The debris will accumulate over time so this needs to be maintained. Once river is
flowing, drop an adept or master builder on the keystone on the bottom right of the
map and wait for him to fix the leak.
Description: "Your villagers have restored the normal life-giving flow of the stream."
Puzzle #3: Boiling Water
Requirements: None
Action: Drop villager on bowls at the top of the stairs to add fresh water to the pot
and on the bowls at the bottom of the waterfall for salt water and he will carry the
bowl of water to the pot. Drop a villager on the small rock pile on the lower left of
the bridge. Villager will carry the rock to the fire. When the rock is red hot then
drop villager on the rock to boil the water in the pot.
Description: "Your villagers figured out how to boil water. Good for them!"
Puzzle #4: Soap Invented
Requirements: Puzzle #1, #3, #7
Action: Make a stew with 3 white herbs and salt water. Drop a villager on the pot
once the stew is done.
Description: "Your villagers have invented soap! Now they can wash behind their
ears."
Puzzle #5: The Butterflies
Requirements: Puzzle #1, #2
Action: Drop a villager on the healthy green stalks near the lower left of the stream.
He will go get a cutting tool and return to the stalks. When he is covered in the
green cloud slowly carry him to the tree. Make sure the butterflies are following.
If you go too fast then the butterflies will return to the stalks. If that happens
then just bring your villager back to the stalks and wait for the butterflies to follow.
Description: "Your villagers have made the Tree of Life attractive to butterflies again."
Puzzle #6: The Frog Rescue
Requirements: Puzzle #1, #2
Action: When it rains a puddle will form to the right of the stairs. Drop 10 villagers
in the puddle and they will carry frogs up the stairs to the stream. You can make it
rain by dropping a villager on the healthy stalks in the stream to the left. He will
go get a cutting tool and return to the stalks. Once he is covered in sticky glue put
him in the flute area to meditate. Keep everyone else away for a few minutes and it
will rain. You have to keep an eye on the children because they like to disturb people
when they are meditating.
Description: "Your villagers have rescued some frogs. Good for them."
Puzzle #7: The Cooking Pit
Requirements: Level 2 Construction
Action: Clear out the rocks in the square pit on the bottom left of the map near the
strange fruit trees. When the fire is burning, drop villager on the rock pile to carry
rock to the fire. Once the villager reaches the fire drop another villager on the rock
pile for another rock. When the rock is red hot drop the villager on the rock to carry
it to the cooking pit. You need 4 rocks in the pit at the same time. You need to be
fast because if too much time passes the rocks in the pit disappear. You may wish to
go to "MENU" then "OPTIONS" and change speed to "SLOW"
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use the the keyboard for changing screens:
M = map
D = details
C = collections
P = puzzles
T = technology
Space = pause
esc = main menu
Change the settings under 'OPTIONS' on the main menu to 'FAST' and 'FULL SCREEN'.
If you want time to go faster, quit the game and increase the time on your computer
by 2 hours. Start the game again and 2 years have gone by. Don't jump more than 2
hours into the future at a time as your villagers may run out of food and starve.
You can then buy technology or get a new project underway and jump 2 years into the
future again and again and.... If you adjust the time on your computer past midnight
be sure to increase the date by 1 as well. Otherwise you will accidentally jump into
the past, which often has grave side effects for the villagers. You can push the
space bar to pause the game before you reset the computer's time back to the correct
time and that will save your villagers.
Click on a project to see what percent completed it is.
Puzzles are not solved in order.
Don't finish building the huts at the beginning of the game.
When you want a baby don't let them walk back to the hut. Keep an eye on the population
count and keep trying until you see the population size increase.
Always use a child to heal anyone who is sick. That is the only skill a child can be
taught and when they reach 14 years old they will heal the sick on their own even if
you are not around.
Keep an eye out for mushrooms, especially at the beginning of the game. Only children
can pick up the mushrooms and they may desperately be needed for food in the future.
Pause the game if you will not be playing again for a long time.
To get to a different part of the map quickly, push the number keys. You can also pick
up a villager then press a number key to transport the villager to another part of the
map.
1 = bottom left, 2 = bottom middle, 3 = bottom right
4 = middle left, 5 = middle middle, 6 = middle right
7 = top left, 8 = top middle, 9 = top right
You can change the villagers' names under details.
When you hear the bells look for mushrooms or collectibles. I don't always find something
at that time.
To quickly find a child, click the right arrow next to the detail circle when no villager
is selected.
Drag both huts close to the wood pile before starting construction.
Drop a villager on the wood pile and one on the dry grass near the stairs. When they
are done drop a villager on the fire pit to start the fire.
Don't put villagers on the blackberry bush for food. Instead drop them on the cutting
tools in the lab (see Puzzle #1 below). This way they will get 30 points for food instead
of just 5 points.
Keep a careful watch for mushrooms and collectibles especially at the beginning of the
game. If you collect more than one of the same item then the child earns tech points.
Herbs: White herb near bridge, yellow above the lab, and orange near the top left of
the map.
After boiling water (see Puzzle #3 below) drop villager on the table after three herbs
have been collected. Then drop any villager, even children and nursing mothers, on the
food bin to add food to the pot.
Click on the mausoleum floor to go inside. Click on villager's picture for info on
that villager.
Low tide is every 2 hours.
Drop a child on another child and they will have some type of contest.
After earthen oven is complete, make the stew and drop villager on the fruit tree.
Strategies: The Tree of Life
At the beginning of the game be sure to select one young female child, two males and
two females 14 years old or slightly older.
Make one villager a farmer and the rest researchers.
Start the fire and make cutting tools (See Puzzle #1 below).
As soon as you have 5000 points buy level 2 construction and start on the earthen
oven (See Puzzle #6 below).
You will need to build the Love Shack before you can have children.
Puzzle #1: The Cutting Tool
Requirements: Start fire. (see TIPS above)
Action: Drop one or two villagers on the big fish bones on the beach. Each villager
will make three cutting tools and put them in the lab. You need to do this each
time you run out of cutting tools.
Description: "Your villagers have discovered a method for the manufacture of cutting
tools."
Puzzle #2: The Stream
Requirements: Adept or Master Builder
Action: Start villager cleaning debris near upper waterfall to make the river flow.
The debris will accumulate over time so this needs to be maintained. Once river is
flowing, drop an adept or master builder on the keystone on the bottom right of the
map and wait for him to fix the leak.
Description: "Your villagers have restored the normal life-giving flow of the stream."
Puzzle #3: Boiling Water
Requirements: None
Action: Drop villager on bowls at the top of the stairs to add fresh water to the pot
and on the bowls at the bottom of the waterfall for salt water and he will carry the
bowl of water to the pot. Drop a villager on the small rock pile on the lower left of
the bridge. Villager will carry the rock to the fire. When the rock is red hot then
drop villager on the rock to boil the water in the pot.
Description: "Your villagers figured out how to boil water. Good for them!"
Puzzle #4: Soap Invented
Requirements: Puzzle #1, #3, #7
Action: Make a stew with 3 white herbs and salt water. Drop a villager on the pot
once the stew is done.
Description: "Your villagers have invented soap! Now they can wash behind their
ears."
Puzzle #5: The Butterflies
Requirements: Puzzle #1, #2
Action: Drop a villager on the healthy green stalks near the lower left of the stream.
He will go get a cutting tool and return to the stalks. When he is covered in the
green cloud slowly carry him to the tree. Make sure the butterflies are following.
If you go too fast then the butterflies will return to the stalks. If that happens
then just bring your villager back to the stalks and wait for the butterflies to follow.
Description: "Your villagers have made the Tree of Life attractive to butterflies again."
Puzzle #6: The Frog Rescue
Requirements: Puzzle #1, #2
Action: When it rains a puddle will form to the right of the stairs. Drop 10 villagers
in the puddle and they will carry frogs up the stairs to the stream. You can make it
rain by dropping a villager on the healthy stalks in the stream to the left. He will
go get a cutting tool and return to the stalks. Once he is covered in sticky glue put
him in the flute area to meditate. Keep everyone else away for a few minutes and it
will rain. You have to keep an eye on the children because they like to disturb people
when they are meditating.
Description: "Your villagers have rescued some frogs. Good for them."
Puzzle #7: The Cooking Pit
Requirements: Level 2 Construction
Action: Clear out the rocks in the square pit on the bottom left of the map near the
strange fruit trees. When the fire is burning, drop villager on the rock pile to carry
rock to the fire. Once the villager reaches the fire drop another villager on the rock
pile for another rock. When the rock is red hot drop the villager on the rock to carry
it to the cooking pit. You need 4 rocks in the pit at the same time. You need to be
fast because if too much time passes the rocks in the pit disappear. You may wish to
go to "MENU" then "OPTIONS" and change speed to "SLOW"