There is a hint that says to make a chief real quick, the only problem with this is it takes away a valuable resource (working power). Yes the chief can make food (but only once every 24 real hours)and make the workers closer to him to work faster (but at first you don't have enough manpower to make that a large difference). My suggestion is you wait to have a chief and make a new baby:

Take a villager, have him start collecting the firewood next to the honey comb. Take another one and have them collect the dry grass on the NW corner of the map, left of the waterfall. As your doing that put a villager on a building. Once the grass and wood is on the firepit have a nearby villager attempt to start a fire, stay on him to make sure he is successful and keep at it until a fire starts up. Once you do that pick up the torch right under the honey comb and they will smoke the bees out. Then take the villagers to the comb and keep at it until they start harvesting the honey.

That will keep your village alive for a while and at this point if you can't keep playing make sure you pause the game in the options menu before you turn it off. It goes in real time like you were playing it the entire time and if you wait longer then 6-8 hours you will come back with a half dead island.

When you have some time to kill in the beginning waiting for your slow villagers to do what they are doing you can do this to speed up the harvest of the honey:

Well you know you can drag a player to the honey comb at will and they start harvesting honey? Well after that they walk to the storage bin, unload the honey then waste all your precious time getting back to the comb. I've found to kill a little time when my food is low to speed the process up a bit by dragging my farmer from the food bin to the comb (after they have unloaded the honey of course).


Even though the tutorial says to make a new baby real quick, I think you should hold off on doing that until you have food supplies set, plus you need "all hands on deck" to be able to work for the things you need while learning the game. Once you get settled down and are confident on letting the island go for a while then I would start looking for a chief. Ideally it is a female, so only put females up to where the robe is to have them try it on. Why? A very important thing here! A chief can have a baby and nurse it while being a chief! A normal newborn totting mother can't do anything but walk around and play with her baby, a chief carrying a newborn can still do all of her chiefly duties!

While on the subject of a baby (which me and my fiance are expecting in August 1st, 2008 and at this point of writing is only a month away). When you want the village to enjoy the birth of a new member, take the female chief and find a man. Remember the honey trick? Well same thing applys for makin' babies. Once the status bar at the bottom says they are going indoors just click on the female and move her slightly and instantly you will find out if they were successful in creating a new life or just successfull in wasting some time doing the horizontal monkey dance (not too much of a waste of time, depending on who you ask).

Those are just some tips I have learned through trial and error so you don't have to make the mistakes I made.

Hope it helps
-ImissATARI

When you start the game, the first thing you should do is find a chief.
Then you should get your new chief to create magical food
Then you should have one or two trainee builders, put them on the task of
building a hut.
Then put all of your remaining villagers except two (including the chief) on
the task of building a hut. The chief will direct the work which makes it
go faster.
Then put one of your remaining villager on research.
Then drag the other one over to the fruit by the broken machine, they will then
plant a tree, which provides food.
Once your person on research reaches "Adept Scientist" drag them to the
following items that are scattered around your island:
-A knife
-A Clay Pot
-A small, red and white striped pot
-A bigger, yellow and white striped pot
-A bowl with feather looking things in it.

Herb Herb Herb Result
Rose Rose Rose Romantic/Embrace
Rose Rose Black Orchid Feels Lonely
Rose Rose Cactus Fertile
Rose Rose Lotus Happy feet – Dances
Rose Rose Tiger Lily Stinky Breath – Villager burps green cloud
Rose Black Orchid Black Orchid Stomachache – minor health gone
Rose Black Orchid Cactus Burns – minor health gone
Rose Black Orchid Lotus Awful – makes Villager sick
Rose Black Orchid Tiger Lily Burns – minor health gone
Rose Cactus Cactus Yummy – Kids drink
Rose Cactus Lotus Light & Springy (Villager able to get pink diamond)
Rose Cactus Tiger Lily Blannesamagawa loomajoobamooga!! (crazy!)
Rose Lotus Lotus Fertile
Rose Lotus Tiger Lily Woozy – Villager spins and sits
Rose Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Fun – acts like child
Black Orchid Black Orchid Black Orchid Yikes! Half health gone
Black Orchid Black Orchid Cactus Stomachache – minor health gone
Black Orchid Black Orchid Lotus Stomachache – minor health gone
Black Orchid Black Orchid Tiger Lily Woozy – Villager spins and sits
Black Orchid Cactus Cactus Awful – makes Villager sick
Black Orchid Cactus Lotus Energy – runs short while
Black Orchid Cactus Tiger Lily Must exercise!
Black Orchid Lotus Lotus Nasty, bitter
Black Orchid Lotus Tiger Lily Has to Go! Nature Calls!
Black Orchid Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Sleepy – sits/lies down
Cactus Cactus Cactus Minor Health given
Cactus Cactus Lotus Medium Health given
Cactus Cactus Tiger Lily Nasty, bitter
Cactus Lotus Lotus Medium Health given
Cactus Lotus Tiger Lily Feels Hungry (eats a lot)
Cactus Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Nasty, bitter
Lotus Lotus Lotus In a Trance
Lotus Lotus Tiger Lily Hiccups – Villager hiccups & jumps
Lotus Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Nasty, bitter
Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Fun – acts like child
*****NATURE FACTION*****
Pitcher plant Pitcher Plant Pitcher Plant Itchy
Pitcher plant Pitcher Plant Rose Feel Better
Pitcher plant Pitcher Plant Black Orchid Sleepy – sits/lays down
Pitcher plant Pitcher Plant Cactus Feel Better
Pitcher plant Pitcher Plant Lotus Feel Better
Pitcher plant Pitcher Plant Tiger Lily Awful – makes Villager sick
Pitcher plant Rose Rose Soapy – hiccups floating bubbles
Pitcher plant Rose Black Orchid Burns – minor health gone
Pitcher plant Rose Cactus Feel Better
Pitcher plant Rose Lotus Fertile
VV3 Potion List
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Pitcher plant Rose Tiger Lily Hiccups – Villager hiccups & jumps
Pitcher plant Black Orchid Black Orchid Gets rid of sharks (several villagers take to ocean)
Pitcher plant Black Orchid Cactus Nasty, bitter
Pitcher plant Black Orchid Lotus Burns – minor health gone
Pitcher plant Black Orchid Tiger Lily Has to Go! Nature Calls!
Pitcher plant Cactus Cactus Too hot – tries to cool off
Pitcher plant Cactus Lotus Feel Better
Pitcher plant Cactus Tiger Lily Nasty, bitter
Pitcher plant Lotus Lotus Having an epiphany… in a trance… nothing…
Pitcher plant Lotus Tiger Lily Stomachache – minor health gone
Pitcher plant Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Nasty, bitter
*****MAGIC FACTION*****
Berry Berry Berry Paralyzed ...can't move...
Berry Berry Rose Burns – minor health gone
Berry Berry Black Orchid Sleepy – sits/lies down
Berry Berry Cactus Nasty, bitter
Berry Berry Lotus Burns – minor health gone
Berry Berry Tiger Lily Awful – makes Villager sick
Berry Rose Rose Gets rid of sharks (several villagers take to ocean)
Berry Rose Black Orchid Burns – minor health gone
Berry Rose Cactus Scientific Clarity
Berry Rose Lotus Yummy!
Berry Rose Tiger Lily Yummy!
Berry Black Orchid Black Orchid Nasty, bitter
Berry Black Orchid Cactus Who turned out the lights?!
Berry Black Orchid Lotus Feels Smarter
Berry Black Orchid Tiger Lily Has to Go! Nature Calls!
Berry Cactus Cactus Freezing – Tries to get warm
Berry Cactus Lotus Feel Better
Berry Cactus Tiger Lily Nasty, bitter
Berry Lotus Lotus Epiphany/Trance
Berry Lotus Tiger Lily Stomachache – minor health gone
Berry Tiger Lily Tiger Lily Whoa! Teleports villager near beach