I reached 50 Elders today (woohoo!) but my number has stuck there. Shortly afterward, another Villager reached Masters in 3 things - farming, research & doctor - but she won't convert over to an Elder.
I thought maybe there was a limit but I see the leaderboard has lots of players with 51 Elders.
Help!

Hmmm... have another Villager in the same position now. 3 Masters, no Elder status.

I have several guys that have 3 Masters, but no more elder status is appearing... I am also at 50 elders. Sad! These poor villagers have worked so hard and should have earned a totem! Although I was beginning to wonder where I would stack the totems... Also, all my Elders wear pure white - it was pretty fun making them "special" !! The main point of my game was producing more Elders. Anyone have over 50 Elders yet?

awww not just me, sorry GreenDawg. I thought maybe my game had a glitch because I see the Top 25 on the leaderboard have more than 50 Elders.

Cool idea about dressing them in white! Maybe I'll do something special for my multi-master non-Elders.

Thanks, Danfan, I'll look at the leaderboards to see who has more than 50 elders. I'd like to hear from the VV2 designers to see if this is indeed a glitch or if there is a cutoff on the number of elders we have.

50 is the max amount possible, but there is a way to get 1 more after that, but I've still only heard rumors about it.

The limit is 50 Elders/Totems. You can legitimately go slightly above that with certain Island Events.

Thanks much for the info. A shame to have gotten the 50 already, I really enjoyed training them and earning those cool totems. I am really pleased they at least can keep getting Tech points and buying clothes, etc. A real improvement over VV 1 which I also loved.

how does everybody get 50 totems? ihave soleved all the puzzles and only have 4. Do you just sit there all day and drop you villager on the skill he/she needs? maybe all my villagers are slow learners. lol

Shoot, just shouted about this same thing! I also have all my esteemed elders dressed in white, and I then retire them by unclicking any favorites, or putting the men on parenting detail. This way, I can see at a glance who needs to stop slacking off! I have about 17 villagers very close to elder status, but have reached my 50 with 1 who did not advance. I was looking forward to all the totems, I've been having fun with them.
Only 50 elders, not fair!