courtesy of Barbara Bell

Don't read these unless you want to know exactly how to solve each of the puzzles.

Puzzles 1, 3, and 6 are additional huts that your villagers will construct as your population grows and your villagers require more housing. The huts will be initiated, as needed, by one of your builders. Your population is limited to 7 villagers until the first hut is finished. Once it's finished, your tribe can grow to a population of 15. The second hut allows your population to expand to 25 villagers, and the final hut allows your population to grow to the maximum number of villagers supported on your particular model of Palm device. For most models the limit is 65 villagers. You must have a villager trained in construction in order to build the new huts. At the start of the game, one of your builders already has skill in construction and will work on the hut unless you retrain them and assign them to a different occupation. It's important to make sure that you have at least one builder in your village so that you will be able to provide additional housing for your growing tribe.

Puzzle 2 is completed by cleaning up the debris on the beach. Completion of puzzle 2 is required before your villagers will be able to fish in the ocean (which also requires Level 3 of Harvesting).

Puzzle 4 is completed by removing the blockage from the creek in the northwest corner of the village. Your villagers will need to have researched Level 2 of Building to work on this puzzle. Once the blockage is cleared, the water will flow into a sparkling lagoon that your villagers will use for various work and leisure activities.

Puzzle 5 is dependent upon the completion of puzzle 4. Take one of your villagers to the creek that feeds the lagoon and they will discover a source of pure water that will revive the dead flower field and cause it to bloom again.

Puzzle 7 is the discovery of the graveyard and requires Level 2 of Spirituality to complete. When one of your villagers dies, drag an adult villager to the northeast corner of the island. The villager will then proceed to provide a proper burial for that little pile of bones in village center. After the first burial, your villagers will initiate burials for all deceased members of the tribe.

Puzzle 8 is the restoration of the temple at the site of the ruins. After attaining Level 3 of Building, drag one of your villagers to the ruins in the southeast portion of the island and they will begin restoring the ruins.

Puzzle 9 is dependent upon the completion of the temple, as well as attaining Level 3 of Spirituality. Drag one of your builders to the sparkly rock on the west side of the village, and they will begin carving the rock.

Puzzle 10 is the birth of the Golden Child and requires the completion of the idol as well as Level 3 in Fertility. Making baby villagers is all that's required to produce the Golden Child once you've completed the necessary puzzles and levels of Village Tech.

Puzzle 11 is the moving of the boulder, which can be done only by the Golden Child. You don't need to make him do anything (and it won't work if you try). Just give it some time, and he will take care of it for you. After he's born, you should just watch him for awhile, if you have the time - it's entertaining to see him solve that puzzle, especially when you have a lot of villagers.

Puzzle 12 is somewhat of an easter egg. Its location can be discovered only by a master builder who also has some skill as a scientist. Your tribe must also have researched Level 3 in both Building and Science before they have the technology required to make the discovery. If you want a hint for the location, highlight the following hidden text: Try dropping him around the yellow-green grassy areas in the lower half of the village map to see if he notices anything. If you want the exact location, highlight this text: Try dropping him at the southern edge of the grassy area below the food bin. Once he locates something, you may have to be persistent before he will actually work on it. Once he's onto it, other builders (if you have any), regardless of skill, will start to help, too!