Originally Posted By: Lurkily
  • Each tree, if the estimate of food eaten by villager per hour is accurate, should support 3.7 villagers indefinitely. This means a full orchard can sustain 11.1 villagers indefinitely.
What was I smoking? I looked at my numbers again. 111 food sustains a villager 3.7 hours, that's what the numbers say. Long enough for food to regenerate. So the orchard can BARELY sustain a minimum population of three; if you stagger births carefully (With these randy villagers?) you should always be able to keep a breedable pair, assuming you get the right gender. However, they can still sustain a population of five for quite some time, assuming the initial boost of 1000 per three, and 500 from the comb.

I still have to finalize a few numbers; particularly, ensuring the amount they typically eat is accurate, and re-checking all my math.