Common Problems

My lumberjack was producing at 100% but now has stopped producing

There are a couple things to check: did you build something near the lumberjack, and now he has less than 50 trees in his area of effect? is your warehouse full? Is there a road connecting the lumberjack to either the harbor or a distribution building? is the lumberjack still inside the area of effect of either the harbor or a distribution building?

First, check the lumberjack my tapping it.  does it show at least 50 trees in its AoE? if not, try moving the building around until you have a good location showing 100% and at least 50 trees.  if you move it, remember to make sure it is in the AoE of the harbor or a distribution building, and that it is connected to a road.

Next, check your warehouse. Tap the warehouse to see what storage capacity it has.  Then check your inventory for wood.  if your count of wood is within a few of your warehouse capacity, you are full up! don't worry about it too much.  in the early game, build more houses to use the wood, and wood production will start up again. in the mid and late game, you wont need this guide :-)

If this happens a lot, you may have overbuilt lumberjacks.  every building except houses costs money to maintain.  if you have too much wood, just tap a lumberjack or two and pause them.  this will lower the maintenance on them, allowing you to accumulate more money.  when you need wood again, just unpause them and they will start producing again.

you can delete a building if you really think you will never want it, by tapping the building and tapping the pickaxe twice.

I cant find the dude who wandered away

he is most likely on the beach to the east of the harbormaster.  he will be glowing purpleish blue.  keep scrolling along the beach.

I upgraded some houses, but now i cant upgrade any more

Tap your city name (top center of screen) and look to the right of the pioneers.  you will need to build that many more pioneer houses before you are eligible to upgrade more houses to vassal.

thats the pattern: 1. build pioneer houses until eligible to ascend. 2. when eligible to ascend, upgrade 5 pioneers to vassal.  3. go to step 1.  repeat until end of game.

i cant build the warehouse

Usually folks dont notice that the warehouse must be built next to the harbormaster, against the water

i cant build a stonemason

the first stonemason goes against the rock mountain in the upper left of the island, the area revealed in the first exploration expansion.  if you are eligible to build it, there will be a spinning ore cart there. the front of the mason building goes on the spinning cart, and the back of the mason goes against the mountain.  Zoom in to see the green zone where the mason can be placed.

where is the lighthouse?

The lighthouse is offshore to the southeast of your island.  keep scrolling to the south east, you cant miss it