Grubby Games’ My Tribe has just been turned into a Facebook social game. I played the original My Tribe about a year ago (yeah, I know, I love desert island survival games). The goal in the new Facebook game, like in the original, is to build a flourishing island tribe, and to solve the mysterious objects on your island.
Island Paradise or the ever-popular FarmVille, require you to have friends help you. FarmVille, and other successful social games, turn guanxi into a game, creating a virtual exchange of mooncakes. In Island Paradise, the “quests” are all necessary items you can’t have unless you ask your social network for clickthrough help until you succeed. Or your friends unfriend you. Either way.
In My Tribe, you can play without help from any Facebook friends. You’ll progress faster with extra shells and stork feathers from friends, of course, and My Tribe is not all that subtle about suggesting you ask more friends to play too. I’d love to see seed and recipe exchange in future upgrades, that would really make the social side worthwhile. But you won’t hit a level cap if you don’t want to harass your friends into playing.
Anyway, I wrote up the solutions to the original MyTribe’s mysteries over on Thumb Gods, because the “hints” that your tribespeople give can be pretty annoying (Hmm! I bet this rusty-colored rock could sure be useful!). So, if you’re playing My Tribe, and you want to solve the mysteries on your own, stop reading here. Yes, here. This is your spoiler alert.
That cool tiki head looks ever better after you complete it. Whenever your tribe has a new baby (depending on your number of stork feathers, and therefore, on your number of friends, this might take some time), bring the baby over to play with the stone statue. This is a bit counter-intuitive because whenever players attempt to solve another mystery with children, babies or teens, a message appears that only adults can solve mysteries. Anyway, each baby plants a special new flower in one of the pots around the Easter Island face, and once the pots are all blooming, the tiki face is surrounded by a ring of flowers, and becomes a strength power-up for babies and children.
To move the tree stump, you’ll need a tribe member with a physical strength of 70 or above to lift it. You can increase their strength with gems, becoming a tribal elder, or breeding. After you’ve done this, you’ll get an Ever Tree. I’m not entirely sure what this special tree does, though… Do you?
Solving the star rock is exactly the same as in the old version. Have a tribesperson who’s had an experience with stardust examine the rock, and they’ll have the brilliant idea to use stardust on the star rock. (And no, you can’t skip straight to the stardust-in-the-rock stage.) It’ll take either 3 or 4 stardusts, depending on how fast you move, and after you’ve unlocked it, it will attract more stardust to land on the island. The moon rock is exactly the same thing, but with moondust.
There’s also a sickly, leafless bush with a pink heart in the branches. I don’t know what to call it, but your tribe member with level 15 in both science and agriculture can probably tell you a good Latin name for it. I’ll call it Deciduous Roseus Cordius. Have your skilled tribesperson examine the tree when it’s raining to solve the mystery and unlock new berry seeds. (I got Beanberry, Bossberry, Bumbleberry, Chuckberry, Niftberry, Polerberry, Riddleberry, Sketchberry, Smokeberry and Thistleberry from my new Cornucopia Bush. What did you get?)
Did I leave anything out? Let me know any other hints or tricks you’ve found.
Edit: Just added the solution to the new mysteries, Flotsam’s Call and the Jewel Vault.
(Probably) Similar Posts:
- MyTribe’s Second Island on May 18, 2010
- My Tribe on December 4, 2008
- Friendship’s Bloom on September 23, 2010
- MyTribe’s New Mystery on August 9, 2010
- Lost in Blue 2 on August 18, 2009
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Hm. That is unfortunate. I wanted to keep a perfect record for having my people all still alive but I’m in the middle of filling that tiki-head so I suppose I’ll let a few of them age and die.
GOOD NEWS THOUGH! When I moved to a different island, I didn’t lose any of the flowers that were already sprouted on the Childrens’ Moai. I thought I would have to start all over again.
how can i tell what level my tribes people are?
@Me you click on the tribesperson you want to view the stats on then click details under their picture on the right. The level for all of the different careers will be in the blue stars on the bottom half. All people start out with level 1 on everything. You can level up around once every day by clicking the blue + over the person’s head, you then pick which career to level up on.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE BEST ISLAND TO START OUT ON?? THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP
ever tree doesnt do anythin
just never runs outa wood! DUMM!!
it KINDA works. I still dont get hous to solve the stup or the fossil thingy. i am on level 19 and i cant figure out how!
When you are trying to build your ark, you have to have a tribal elder who is on level five on everthing, right. Well can they be past level five on somethings or will that not work
so the ever tree… you don’t need to preserve it i guess…
but the tribe still has to do the work of continually chopping wood to replenish stores…
& here I was all excited that they didn’t need to chop wood anymore!!!
does anyone know what happens when you solve all 7 mysteries?
is there a part 2 to the game or is it just game over??
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thanks for the tips but it takes a real long time i have been trying and trying but thanks anyway.
How to solve the newest mystery? They just updated and put a new mystery out there, anyone solve it yet?
hey any news on how to solve the new 9th mystery??
For the newest mystery (Floatsam’s Beacon?) you need to get a recipe for a torch from a mystery crate/barrel then craft 4 torches and place them in the 4 holes surrounding the mystery object. They’ll burst into flames and increases the number of crates/barrels that come to your island including decreasing the time it takes for silver crates/barrels to appear.
Thanks a bundle!!
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Hey guys great info, i have a couple of questions. Some buildings say i need level 5 trible elder how do i get that i do have a elder. And whoever plays on facebook please add me so we could work together
hey ben
you need to leave contact details so we can add on face book
p.s.
when you leave your island the evertree does not go with you!!
oh yea,
get your tribe members to a level of 5 on all of the skills
that will make them a level 5 tribal elder
Does anyone know yet how to solve the 10th mystery???? The blue one with the gems????
Thanks!!!
need more friends for the tiki head…
now need 100 stork feathers for baby making…still need 8 flowers for tiki head
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Sue Palethorpe on facebook
the one with the sunflower pic…
need more friends or this will take… 110 years in reality not just in mytribe!!
New puzzle (Jewels)Pull your tribe members on it and it will take the jewels you added to their clothing
Hi all — I have the solutions to Flotsam’s Call and the Jewel Vault here: http://simpsonsparadox.com/2010/08/mytribes-new-mystery.html
Hope this helps!
And feel free to add me:
http://www.facebook.com/meg.stivison
Hey all,
am wondering about getting tribe numbers up once everyone is past a certain age…do you just use moondust? Sorry if this question has been asked and answered already.
Feel free to add me, I am in real need of more stork feathers like everyone!
Only I don’t know what my facebook profile address is! But it’s Samantha Marks and it’s the profile pic with the little cartoon girl wearing sunglasses (Lola, for those of you in the UK, will know)
hello does any1 know how to do the mystery the one that like a waterfall with what i would say looks like a fish thanks
I have a couple problems:
1. I have a scientist that’s level 24 in science, and she’s 84, but I foolishly used moondust so that she feels 50, will the fountain thing still work? Because so far, it’s not.
2. I have the Iron Rock, and she has 4 agriculture, would I have to get her 11 more Agri. before she can discover the rock? Because that would mean 11 more levels and she levels up in like 2 days, and I ran out of Stardust. I also used up gems on all her clothing. =(
Does anyone know how to solve the newest mystery?? The branchless tree growing out of the gray pot??? Thanks!!!
Ive just read on ur tips on how to solve the mistory on the fountain i dragged my baby to it and it just keeps popping up that message so i dont understand how to do it :/
@ Chelsea There are no babies in solving the fountain.
“For the fountain, you’ll need a tribe member who is over 65 years old, with level 20 in science.”
how do you make twins ?
How do I solve the tiki? all of my tibespeople are too old except for one of my tribespeople, Stephanie, and i dont have enough moondust
@Morgan They’re random, as far as I know. Anyone else know differently?
@Sierra You need babies, lots of babies — I don’t know any other way to unlock the tiki.
What about that retarded rock thing that you have to decorate? I’ve got 3 out of the 4 decorations, but I can’t figure out what it wants for the last one. Do the front and back decorations have to match? I know you can’t use a back decoration for the front, though.
hello does any1 know how to do the mystery the one that like a waterfall with what i would say looks like a fish !!!!!!
Hey guys
if you build an ark & take only 5 people to your new island your first island will have room for more population!!
I actually have a 3rd island now…
If you start a 2nd island you need way less stork feathers so you may want to hold off on the tiki head for your second island… that is if you have 2 islands… don’t take all your members with you or you will have the same problem as population can only be 30 on any island!!
When your islanders split up you take powers with you but not resources.
hint on the new mysteries… try fertilizing your friends tree in a box!!
don’t forget to have a high agriculture tribe member tend to it as well!!
@Joanne, Nicole Which mystery do you mean?I know how to solve the withered tree / friendship’s bloom, the jewel vault, the cloning station, and flotsam’s call. Is that all there are so far? Or do you have some I haven’t seen yet?
@Sue Thanks! I’m thinking of doing a new post or an addition to my second island post about having multiple islands. Any strategy advice you want to share?
1. when your 5 islanders move away they don’t take anything but the clothes on there back..
2. they still know all of the recipes
whatever you do build a set a fisherman & build a hut for sleeping as soon as you get to your new island.
3.If they have been in the fountain of youth & are 40 or under they can still make babies but need many many less stork feathers on the new island
4. If you have a mystery on the new island that you have already solved it is still solved
5. The original tribe still build science points for you.
6. If you are gathering stork feathers.. the island you leave home to visit friends from is the one that collects them… not all of your islands, so you have to be strategic here.
Will let you know more as I think of them..
fountains water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
How do you solve what I think Meg referred to as the cloning station??? It has what looks like a door and blocks on top… Thanks!!!!!
how do you solve the new mystery with the ice cubes on top
Strawberry, you have to inspect it on your island and then find 3 friends that have it on their islands and inspect it on theirs for a total of 4 inspections. It has to be 3 different friends.
add to last comment…
When solved it is a cloning station that you can use to clone tribe members for 5% less stork feathers than having babies the old fashioned way.
Hello. I have a little problem..
I need a tribe person with black hair. What combination of hair colours can give me black hair? Does anybody know that? Please!
I need help with the withered tree.how do u solve it
For the person who only wants all redheads, if you want the unwanted tribe member to die off, just have them drink from the fountain again-it will make them start aging again.
Hey guys! Finished a new one on the withered tree/ Friendship’s Bloom! Cloning station going up tomorrow.
http://simpsonsparadox.com/2010/09/friendships-bloom.html
I have a new mystery on my second island with what looks like a half built sand castle with different markings on it. I thought I was supposed to build flags for it, but when I did they did nothing…HELP:(
Flower-Tree thing … has to be fertilized by a neighbor and then tended by an agriculturist, though this gets a little irritating as one goes on. Each time you tend it again, you must me two levels higher in agriculture than the previous prerequisite. Eventually, to finish it, you’ll have to hit level 30 in agriculture.
Now it says here that to get the cloning business, one has to examine it, and then find it on three other islands … but examining it on my island does NOTHING and I have no way to do anything to the others on neighbor’s islands. More information, please.
All right, and for the finish. We now have a purple spire with a star indentation on the side. Around it are small circles not unlike the flower pots ’round the tiki. I added stardust to the spire and it filled in the indentation. Adding a tribe’s person to that granted me a crystal growth in one of the pots.
Still trying to work out how to get more to show up. Repeating this action makes the crystal vanish. Repeating with a different person makes it vanish. Adding stardust to the people and having them try it isn’t getting results either.
Oh and Audrey … Flotsam’s Call requires the production of torches, not flags. Easier to make as well.
Okay. Sort of answered my own question with a bit of poking and prodding about adding new people.
CLONING STATION! You aren’t able to interact with it until there are enough of them on neighboring islands to complete it.
PURPLE STAR SPIRE! I think this is a once a day thing. Put stardust in the crystal, drop an islander on it. If you do it too soon, however, you lose a crystal.
I need a blonde idk how to get one. thats the only hair color i need for that one mystery