My youngest Esteemed Elder so far was 50 years old. Hoping to get a younger soon.

Just got a second Esteemed Elder: he is 48.

One of mine was 40 and the other 45.

I had one who was 44... my first. Then my games disappeared I'd literally JUST gotten my pretty purple totem, too.

My first one is 37.

I've had 2 of the same totems. I wonder how they work? Are they random?

I should be able to get one at 14 or 15 now though. I had an older guy working on his 3rd masters when a random event removed all his skills and gave them to a 2 year old. It was bad at the time, but when that kid finally grows up, it will be good.

Im making villagers sick with stews and having one of my kids heal them, so he should be master by the time he is 14. Hopefully, he won't have to wait that long until he becomes an Elder.

Also, congrats Jas on getting one in the 30's. Excellant work.

I also had one at 37. Farming, Research and Parenting He rocked!

Tamil got his when he was 35. Farming, Building and Researching! I was going to to have him try for the Parenting one, but my I hate to let my population grow that fast.

My youngest without events helping out was 35 with events 16..

My first was Kato and he was 35.

My youngest was Tarik he was 37

My youngest so far I think was Elder Kuruk at 40. I rename all my elders before the become an elder so that the totem has a better name.

so far 37, he name is sulu

I got 2 more Elders that are 47 now, probably 46 when they became Elders. I got three soon to be Elders: 22, 24, 27. No events gave them skills. I found a quick way to get them to be Master Parents. I don't want to spoil it, so if you want to know, send me a PM.

first was 35

My first was Lupo, an original villager; he died at 54 and lived for quite a while as an elder. I'd guess (I don't know for sure) he was 40-45 when he got it. The youngest I'm sure of is Tappo, son of Olu and Coral, who reached elder status by 42 (though it may well have been 41 or even 40, since he was 39 when I quit and 42 when I came back).

I micromanage the parenting too much to get master parents (I don't let them prefer parenting).

I've got eight totems. Three of them are identical red ones, two are identical turquoise ones and two are identical yellow and purple ones. I only have one different one which is a sort of blackish colour.

I'm very curious how you get them mastered in 3 skills.
I have 1 who is master in 2 skills, but he is 58 and I'm guessing he will die before he gets the third skill.
At this moment I'm hard working let him fix the huts over and over again. But with me it takes very slow getting 3 skills to my villagers.

i just had one at 37. his name is Hiji. farming, research, and parenting.

now i just got one at age 33.

wtg sunshower on getting one so "young". so far in this thread, yours is the youngest.

by natural means, that is

That is simply amazing.. an elder at 33... I haven't gotten anywhere near you guys. Mine are usually 45 or older...

Though, I could've had some young elders with this current generation, if I hadn't run out of building projects.

oddly enough, i had one at 32 also. the 33 and 32 year olds were kids who were born with skills. so if they were born with farming skill, they took to farming easily and became masters at a young age. as soon as they became masters in their given skill, i paired them with a 50+ year old female and got them to be master parents within a few minutes. i then put them on research and let them do that until they became masters. so it didn't take long for them to become elders. and for the record, most of my elders happened in their 40's and 50's.

i actually had one who became an elder at 14, but that was a fluke. he had been in his 40's, but ringing the gong caused him to turn 5 years old again. he was already very close to being an elder at the time, so once he turned 14 and was able to work, it didn't take long for him to get just a little more experience and become an elder.

Yeah, my second and third generation of villagers have progressed way faster than the first. They are such quick learners now, and they all develop their skill aptitude at 2 or 4 years old. Some are almost trainees before they can work. Yet, I haven't been able to elder them as easily. Probably because 1) They've gotten lazy, and 2) I've got less for them to work on.

my youngest elder was 30 cause i got him to be a master doctor when he was around 12

Nice job on getting a Master Doctor at 12. Must've made lots of sick stews. Did you start when he was "born"?

I had the event where two villagers swapped places and the older one was about 50 and almost an elder. The other was a 12-year old girl. When she got to 14 she started work and made elder within a year. It was a bit of a nuisance retraining the 50-year old, though!

I got one at 36 and she is still living. I keep trying to get her to take it easy but apparently she likes researching!

Caia is 27 and my only elder. She is a runner that was one of the children when I started the game.

That's impressive banzaibird. I'm lucky if i can get someone to Master ONE thing by 27.

It was just a matter of luck. She was the kid who when you start the game is the one closest to the working age. She happened to become a runner through an island event. thus as soon as she turned 14 she has been utilized all over the place.

Currently she is with child and the game is set on 1/2 speed so I can watch my child ;).

38 yrs. of age and she's still working away!!

Plus she had 2 children just to have a break, haha!!

She's a little gem, wish all the others were just like her!

Best of Irish,
Maura