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Virtual Villagers - The Lost Children FAQ by Charley (with a little help from Terina)

Whats the max population?
The max population is 90, with all the collectables its 115.
How many totems/elders can you get?
You can get 50 max totems/elders. But there is a special island event that you can get which will give you extra elders.
What is the age limit for having babies?
For women the max age is 50, Men its limitless.
After the Grave is full where do the dead villagers go?
The grave will only hold 50 graves and tombstones to match, after that the villagers get buried in a mass unmarked grave.

I can't seem to get my gong peice from the mosaic, whats going on?
Turns out there was a messed up version sold by Reflexive. Please PM LadyCFII on LDW (director of QA and testing, and an administrator for LDW forums) for further information.
Why am I running out of food?
If you havent gotten level 3 farming to solve the algea puzzle, your village is relying on the garden to sustain itself. The garden can only sustain a MAX population of 15 villagers. You need to slow down the baby making and concentrate on tech points.

My ocean is full of algea what do I need to get rid of it?
You need to get Level 3 farming to be able to get a master farmer or scientist to retreive the algea eating fish from the pond. It takes more then one fish and depending on what game level (easy/med/hard) your working at determines how many fish is required. They will not go back on their own you have to do lift them manually and place them into the pond. Once the fish are aquired, you will recieve the algae puzzle completion dialog.

The birds are eating my crops! What can I do to stop them?
You need to get the scarecrow to guard the garden, take a Adept Farmer to the rocky area next to the brairs and they will start building the scarecrow. it takes 2 trips. no special tech level required other then you need the dam and crops done.

How do I get the cutting tools for clearing the brairs?
After purchasing Level 2 of Exploration Tech, drag a master scientist to the northern part of the village where he will see something among the rocks near the twisted pieces of wood and vines (look for things that resemble spear tips that have little sparkles coming from them). Your scientist will need to make a second trip to finish the tools, so take him to the twisted wood and vines (where you got the material for the scarecrow) to get the necessary materials.

How do I open the crate by the ocean, it says one villager is not enough?
You need 3 Master Builders to open this crate together. Once you have the 3 place them on the crate at the same time (pause if you want to) and then they will open it together.

I droped the gong peice, what do I do?
Close your game wait a minute and open it back up, the peice will be there again, try not to disturb the villager this time.

My village died, can I figure out how they most likely died?
Sure! Go to My Documents\LDW\Virtual Villagers - The Lost Children. In this folder (Virtual Villagers - The Lost Children) there should be names of files called Isola23.ldw, Isola21.ldw, Isola22.ldw ect. Just click on the file called ldwlog. The file will open in an txt. document. This log will contain most of what your villagers have done. But if you close your game, and re-open it up again, the last log will delete all of the information, and start recording new information!

What rating is this game? (like E - for everyone)
This game is an E - for everyone rated game.

Can I change a villagers' clothes?
Sure - but you need to have completed puzzle 12. Just drag a villager to the clothing hut and drop them on it. A green pop-up will pop-up, allowing you to cycle through the available clothes.